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| electron tube |
a sealed, tube-shaped container in which a pair of electrodes controls the flow of electrons through a vacuum or very low-pressure gas. |
| ice cube |
one of the small, usually cube-shaped, pieces of ice made by freezing water in a divided tray, which may be added to drinks or packed around things to keep them cold; ice. |
| mescal |
one of two species of cactus, esp. a small, globe-shaped plant with buttonlike projections that are chewed as a hallucinogenic drug by certain Mexican Indians during religious ceremonies. [1/2 definitions] |
| pipefish |
any of various elongated, bony-plated fishes found in marine or fresh waters that have tube-shaped snouts. |
| primrose |
a plant that grows tube-shaped flowers in many colors. Primroses have large leaves at the base of the flower stalk. |
| tube sock |
a tube-shaped elasticized sock lacking a shaped heel. |
| vessel |
one of the many tube-shaped structures through which blood and other bodily fluids are carried; artery; vein. [1/4 definitions] |
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