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| headset |
one or two earphones and sometimes also a mouthpiece, held to the head by a flexible band. |
| hose |
a flexible tube of rubber or plastic through which liquids are conveyed. [1/3 definitions] |
| jew's-harp |
a small, metal, lyre-shaped musical instrument that is held between the teeth and played by plucking the protruding end of its flexible steel tongue. |
| leatherwood |
a shrub, native to North America, having tough, flexible bark and bearing yellow flowers. |
| limber |
having flexible joints and muscles; supple. [1/4 definitions] |
| lithe |
characterized by light, graceful, flexible movements. [2 definitions] |
| mail2 |
flexible armor made of overlapped or linked metal rings. [1/2 definitions] |
| measuring tape |
a flexible tape used to measure length; tape measure. |
| membrane |
a thin, flexible, tensile layer of tissue that separates, connects, lines, or covers various structures, such as organs, in living organisms. [1/2 definitions] |
| membranous |
related to, made of, or similar to one of the thin, flexible layers of tissue that cover, separate, line, or connect organs and other structures in a living organism. |
| open-ended |
adaptable to change; flexible. [1/4 definitions] |
| osier |
any of several willows with long, flexible twigs used in basketry and wickerwork, or the twig of such a plant. |
| pack1 |
a container for goods or belongings, usu. flexible and carried on the back. [1/16 definitions] |
| palette knife |
a thin, flexible steel blade set in a handle and used by artists to mix colors or clean the palette. |
| Panama hat |
a durable, lightweight, crushable hat made of the flexible strawlike leaves of a perennial that is native to Central and South America. [1/2 definitions] |
| paperback |
a book having a flexible paper cover. [1/2 definitions] |
| paper clip |
a flexible wire or plastic clasp bent into loops, that holds papers together. |
| pinchcock |
a clamp fitted onto a flexible tube to regulate or prevent the flow of liquid through it. |
| plectrum |
a small flexible piece of plastic or other material used to pluck a stringed musical instrument; pick. |
| pliable |
easily bent; flexible; malleable. [1/3 definitions] |
| pole vault |
a field event in which the participants perform high vaults with the aid of a long flexible pole that propels them over a crossbar. |
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