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| anymore |
(regional) nowadays; these days. [1/2 definitions] |
| area code |
in the United States and Canada, any of the three-digit codes that identify the regional telephone districts into which the countries are divided. [1/2 definitions] |
| climate change |
a significant change in global and regional climate patterns that is of current concern and is associated with an increase in carbon dioxide and certain other gases in Earth's atmosphere which contribute to global warming. [1/2 definitions] |
| dassent |
(dialectal) a regional pronunciation of "darest not," "darest" being an older second person singular, present tense form of the verb "dare." |
| El Niņo |
an unusually warm Pacific Ocean current that develops near the International Date Line in the center of the ocean and flows east toward Peru and then south along the coast of South America. El Niņo events, which occur every two to seven years approximately, are associated with various negative impacts including damage to the livelihoods of those dependent on fishing and disturbance to regional and global weather patterns, which in turn can increase the incidence of disease and the frequency of destructive weather events. |
| idiom |
the unique grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of a particular language, dialect, or regional style. [1/4 definitions] |
| interregional |
combined form of regional. |
| localism |
a regional custom, curiosity, or manner of speech. [1/2 definitions] |
| mighty |
(informal; regional) very; extremely. [1/4 definitions] |
| multiregional |
combined form of regional. |
| patois |
a rural or regional variety of a language, esp. in France, that is considered to be substandard; dialect. [1/2 definitions] |
| soviet |
a popularly elected national, regional, and local legislative body in the former Soviet Union. [1/4 definitions] |
| superregional |
combined form of regional. |
| territorial |
limited to a particular territory; regional. [1/5 definitions] |
| twang |
a nasal tone in speaking, characteristic esp. of certain dialects or regional accents. [1/5 definitions] |
| zoogeography |
the study of the regional distribution of animal species and the causes and results thereof. |
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