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| arrack |
in the Middle East and neighboring areas, any of various liquors distilled from materials such as fermented rice or molasses. |
| Bengal |
a region consisting of the northeastern state of West Bengal in India and the neighboring country of Bangladesh. Bengal was formerly a province of India before India's division into India and Pakistan. |
| coasting vessel |
a ship that sails along a coast and participates in trade between neighboring ports. |
| corridor |
a passageway, as from an inland country through a neighboring country to the sea. [1/3 definitions] |
| domino theory |
a theory that if one event occurs, such as the fall of one country under Communist control, a chain of related events will be triggered thereby, such as the fall of neighboring countries. |
| kern |
in hot-metal printing, the portion of a letter, such as the tail of an italic, that projects beyond the edge of the piece of type containing it and rests on a neighboring piece. [1/2 definitions] |
| metropolitan |
of, pertaining to, or designating a major city, its suburbs, and other neighboring communities; urban. [1/7 definitions] |
| next door |
in, at, or to the neighboring building, house, door, or the like. |
| next-door |
in or at the neighboring building, house, door, or the like. |
| purlieu |
a neighboring region or an outlying district. [1/3 definitions] |
| subduction |
the process by which a lithospheric plate moves sideways and downward into the mantle beneath a neighboring plate. |
| Swahili |
a member of the Bantu people of Zanzibar and the neighboring mainland who originally spoke this language. [1/2 definitions] |
| tri-state |
of or designating an area consisting of all or part of three neighboring U.S. states. |
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