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| adobe |
a building material of sun-dried clay mixed with straw, usu. made into bricks. [1/3 definitions] |
| affix |
a word part, such as a prefix or suffix, that is added to a word to change its meaning or function. The prefix "un-" and the suffix "-ness" are both affixes. [1/2 definitions] |
| brown |
having sun-tanned skin. [1/6 definitions] |
| bun |
a bun-shaped gathering of hair at the back or top of the head. [1/2 definitions] |
| dump |
(informal) a house, town, or other place that is dirty, run-down, or despised. [1/10 definitions] |
| grungy |
(slang) dirty, messy, run-down; unpleasant. |
| harvest |
to collect (rainwater and/or condensation droplets) for local use, esp. for the watering of plants, rather than allowing run-off or evaporation. [1/11 definitions] |
| heap |
(slang) a run-down car. [1/7 definitions] |
| HUAC |
abbreviation of "House Un-American Activities Committee," a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives (1938-75) created to investigate organizations and individual Americans suspected of being subversive or disloyal to the country. |
| inner city |
the neighborhoods in or closest to the center of a city, usu. old, run-down, and inhabited by poor and disadvantaged people. |
| mill-run |
ordinary or unrefined; run-of-the-mill. |
| nigger |
(offensive) a little-valued citizen who faces discrimination and un-equal treatment. [1/3 definitions] |
| Phaėthon |
in Greek mythology, son of the sun god, Helios, who tried to drive his father's sun-chariot from east to west but flew too close to earth, started a conflagration, and was killed by Zeus. |
| rattletrap |
an unstable, rickety, rattling object, esp. a run-down automobile. |
| rattrap |
a building or place that is filthy or severely run-down. [1/2 definitions] |
| seedy |
squalid; run-down. [1/3 definitions] |
| shabby |
showing signs of wear; threadbare; run-down. [1/4 definitions] |
| skid row |
a run-down part of a city, frequented by society's outcasts; slum area. |
| slum |
(often plural) a crowded, run-down area of a city where poor people live. |
| sportive |
fun-loving; playful. [1/2 definitions] |
| sunflower |
any of several tall plants bearing large, yellow, roughly sun-shaped flowers with edible seeds in the center. |
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