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| extra-base hit |
in baseball, a double, triple, or home run. |
| Fifth Amendment |
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that guarantees certain rights to accused criminals by providing due process of law, forbidding double jeopardy, and protecting persons from testifying against themselves. |
| frock coat |
a man's close-fitting, usu. double-breasted dress coat with knee-length tails in front and back. |
| geminate |
to exist as, arrange, or form into a pair; double. [2 definitions] |
| half step |
a march step that is fifteen inches long in quick time and eighteen inches in double time. [1/2 definitions] |
| harpy eagle |
a large, strong eagle of the American tropics, with black and white plumage, short wings, and a double crest. |
| herpesvirus |
any of a family (Herpesviridae) of double-stranded DNA viruses, including viruses that cause herpes simplex, chicken pox, and shingles. [1/2 definitions] |
| inverted comma |
(chiefly British) (usu. pl.) either of a pair of double punctuation marks (" ") used to enclose a quotation or a reference to a title, or the single punctuation marks enclosing a quotation within a quotation (' '); quotation marks. |
| journal |
a ledger used in double-entry bookkeeping for recording accounts. [1/4 definitions] |
| kick pleat |
a double pleat with the edges folded toward each other, as at the bottom of a skirt. |
| kris |
a short, double-edged Malayan dagger, usu. having a wavy blade. |
| Linnaean |
of, using, or denoting Linnaeus' system of classifying plants and animals according to a double name, the first word naming the genus, and the second naming the species. |
| Lippes loop |
a plastic, double S-shaped contraceptive device that is inserted into the uterus. |
| lister1 |
a plow with a double moldboard that prepares the ground for planting. |
| look-alike |
a person or thing that closely resembles another; double. |
| love seat |
a small upholstered sofa or double chair that seats two people. |
| mackinaw |
a heavy, short, double-breasted coat, usu. of heavily napped, plaid wool. |
| monounsaturated |
having one double bond, used esp. in reference to fats and fatty acids. |
| oboe |
a slender double-reed woodwind instrument, consisting of a long, usu. wooden tube with finger holes or keys along it, which makes a penetrating, melancholy sound. |
| pea jacket |
a short double-breasted coat made of thick navy blue wool, originally worn by sailors. |
| photoelasticity |
the characteristic of some transparent materials to be measured for strain by observing their double refraction of polarized light when placed under a mechanical stress. |
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