Humped

  • 61hump — [[t]hʌ̱mp[/t]] humps, humping, humped 1) N COUNT A hump is a small hill or raised area. The path goes over a large hump by a tree before running near a road. Syn: mound 2) N COUNT A camel s hump is the large lump on its back. Camels rebuild fat… …

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  • 62hump — I UK [hʌmp] / US noun [countable] Word forms hump : singular hump plural humps 1) a large round shape that rises above a surface or above the ground They sat on a hump of grass. 2) a large round part on the back of an animal such as a camel 3) a… …

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  • 63transportation and travel —    In the fourth millennium b.c. and before, the inhabitants of Mesopotamia and surrounding regions had to rely on very basic forms of transportation, such as walking, riding donkeys, and riding in small boats on the local rivers. Around 3000 b.c …

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  • 64u̯ek-, u̯e-n-k- —     u̯ek , u̯e n k     English meaning: to bend     Deutsche Übersetzung: “biegen”     Material: O.Ind. váñcati “geht crooked or slant, skew”, vacyátē ‘schwingt sich, flies”, vakrá “gebogen, crooked”, vanku “fliegend”, váṅkri f. “Rippe”, vaṅka …

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  • 65buffalo fish — noun any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley • Syn: ↑buffalofish • Hypernyms: ↑sucker • Hyponyms: ↑black buffalo, ↑Ictiobus niger • Part Meronyms: ↑ …

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  • 66Limanda — noun a genus of Pleuronectidae; righteye flounders having a humped nose and small scales; the underside is often brightly colored • Syn: ↑genus Limanda • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Pleuronectidae, ↑family Pleuronectidae …

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  • 67Bactrian — Bac tri*an, a. Of or pertaining to Bactria in Asia. n. A native of Bactria. [1913 Webster] {Bactrian camel}, the two humped camel. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 68Bactrian camel — Bactrian Bac tri*an, a. Of or pertaining to Bactria in Asia. n. A native of Bactria. [1913 Webster] {Bactrian camel}, the two humped camel. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 69Gibbet — Gib bet, n. [OE. gibet, F. gibet, in OF. also club, fr. LL. gibetum;; cf. OF. gibe sort of sickle or hook, It. giubbetto gibbet, and giubbetta, dim. of giubba mane, also, an under waistcoat, doublet, Prov. It. gibba (cf. {Jupon}); so that it… …

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  • 70Gibbose — Gib*bose , a. [L. gibbosus, fr. gibbus, gibba, hunch, hump. Cf. {Gibbous}.] Humped; protuberant; said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations. Brande & C. [1913 Webster] …

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