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Ampulla

A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.

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Flask 76% connected

A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine.

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Ampullar 74% connected

Alt. of Ampullary

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Ampullar 74% connected

Alt. of Ampullary

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Ampullary 74% connected

Resembling an ampulla.

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Ampullary 74% connected

Resembling an ampulla.

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Canal 70% connected

An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

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Channel 70% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Duct 70% connected

Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.

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Archilute noun · 78% connection

A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: narrow-necked, vessel, handles, bellying, like.
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Ascidioidea n. pl. · 78% connection

A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike st…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: narrow-necked, vessel, handles, bellying, like.
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Auk noun · 78% connection

black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas

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Barrow noun · 78% connection

A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and…

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Beam noun · 78% connection

The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that dra…

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Bolthead noun · 78% connection

A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver.

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Camel noun · 78% connection

A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow wate…

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Cist noun · 78% connection

A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and…

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Cocobolas noun · 78% connection

A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for var…

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Coehorn noun · 78% connection

A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.

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Concertina noun · 78% connection

A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside,…

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Cormorant noun · 78% connection

large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish

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Crane noun · 78% connection

large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

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Cultivator noun · 78% connection

An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangu…

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Culverin noun · 78% connection

A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.

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Darby noun · 78% connection

A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.

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Decollete adjective · 78% connection

Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress.

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Defile noun · 78% connection

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks…

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