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| bookmark |
a strip of leather, fabric, or paper placed between pages to mark a place in a book. [1/2 definitions] |
| brand |
a particular make, kind, or variety of product, identified with a certain manufacturer by a specific name or mark. [5/8 definitions] |
| breve |
a diacritical mark ( ˇ ), placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is short. [1/2 definitions] |
| brown recluse spider |
a highly poisonous, medium-sized brown spider that has a dark, violin-shaped mark on its body. |
| bruise |
an injury in which there is no break or rupture in the skin; black-and-blue mark. [1/4 definitions] |
| buoy |
a float attached by line to the bottom of a body of water to mark a location. [2/5 definitions] |
| cachet |
a distinguishing mark, feature, or quality. [1/4 definitions] |
| cancel |
to mark or otherwise alter (a check, stamp, or the like) so as to prevent reuse. [1/5 definitions] |
| cedilla |
a diacritical mark (ç), placed under certain letters in French, Portuguese, Turkish, and Russian to indicate a particular pronunciation, as, in French, the sound of "s" for the letter "c". |
| center punch |
a pointed tool used in metalworking to mark and indent the place where metal is to be drilled. |
| chalk |
to rub, treat, or mark with chalk. [1/6 definitions] |
| character |
a mark, letter, or symbol used in an alphabet or in mathematics. [1/7 definitions] |
| check |
to put a verifying mark next to (often fol. by "off"). [2/19 definitions] |
| check-box |
a small empty square printed next to an item on a form, test, or list, to be filled in with a check or other mark to indicate choice or completion. [1/2 definitions] |
| checker1 |
to pattern or mark with squares, esp. of two alternating colors. [1/4 definitions] |
| checkerboard |
to pattern or mark like a checkerboard. [1/3 definitions] |
| check mark |
a mark ( ) placed next to an item to indicate correctness, completion, choice, or other kinds of verification. |
| circumscribe |
to determine, mark, or specify the limits of; delimit; define. [1/3 definitions] |
| classical |
of a refined style or artistry associated with an earlier age, and especially with an age considered to mark a high point in the development of a particular aspect of culture within a particular society. [1/4 definitions] |
| colon1 |
a punctuation mark (:) indicating that what follows is a series, example, summation, elaboration, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| comma |
a punctuation mark (,) used to separate words, phrases, or other elements in a sentence, particulars in a list, or thousands in written numerals, or to indicate a pause, as in poetry. |
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