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funiculus
  • n  the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
  • n  any of several body structure resembling a cord
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funk
  • n  a state of nervous depression
    he was in a funk
  • n  United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)
  • n  an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
  • v  draw back, as with fear or pain
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funk hole
  • n  dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk)
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funka
  • n  robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae
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funkaceae
  • n  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta
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funnel
  • n  a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
  • n  a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth
  • n  (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
  • v  move or pour through a funnel
    funnel the liquid into the small bottle
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funnel-crest rosebud orchid
  • n  orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
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funnel shape
  • n  a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
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