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| accomplishment |
(often pl.) talent, social poise, or achievement valued by polite society. [1/3 definitions] |
| black walnut |
a tall tree of eastern North America that has dark, hard wood valued for making furniture and other durable wood products. [1/3 definitions] |
| blue chip |
a high-priced common stock, valued for the company's financial strength and earnings record. [1/3 definitions] |
| esteemed |
highly respected or valued. |
| fur seal |
any of several eared seals whose thick underfur is valued for making coats and the like. |
| give one's eyeteeth |
to give one's most valued possession, as for something that one greatly desires. |
| has-been |
one who is no longer capable of, effective at, or valued for something he or she once did well. |
| jargon2 |
a yellow, green, colorless, or smoky type of the mineral zircon that is valued as a gem. |
| king crab |
a large crab of North Pacific waters that is valued for its edible flesh; Alaskan king crab. [1/2 definitions] |
| lares and penates |
the valued belongings of a household or family. [1/2 definitions] |
| nickel |
(slang) valued at five dollars. [1/4 definitions] |
| nigger |
(offensive) a little-valued citizen who faces discrimination and un-equal treatment. [1/3 definitions] |
| pearl |
a smooth, hard, glossy deposit, valued as a gem, that is formed inside the shells of oysters and some other mollusks to cover an irritant object such as a grain of sand. [1/8 definitions] |
| pin oak |
either of two tall oak trees of the eastern United States that are valued for their lumber and as shade trees. |
| precious |
highly esteemed or valued emotionally, exalted. [1/6 definitions] |
| precious stone |
any of several minerals, such as diamonds, rubies, sapphires, or emeralds, that are valued for their rarity and beauty, and are often used in jewelry; gem. |
| pride and joy |
something or someone highly valued or loved. |
| prized |
highly esteemed, valued, or desired. |
| red cedar |
the wood of such trees, valued as lumber. [1/2 definitions] |
| relic |
something valued for its past association with some person, place, or event; souvenir. [1/3 definitions] |
| silkworm |
the larva of an Asian moth that spins pure and commercially valued silk to form its cocoon, or any of various other moth larvae that spin cocoons of similar material. |
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