maroon, filament, strand

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  1. maroon
    a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
  2. filament
    a thin wire heated by the passage of an electric current
  3. strand
    a group of fibers twisted together to form a thread or rope
  4. petal
    part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored
  5. tubing
    conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
  6. conduit
    a passage through which water or electric wires can pass
  7. excogitation
    thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it
  8. loin
    either side of the backbone between the hipbones and ribs
  9. rump
    fleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above the round
  10. carcass
    the dead body of an animal
  11. hindquarters
    the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  12. hinder
    be an obstacle to
  13. hind
    located at or near the back of an animal
  14. grouper
    usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas
  15. perch
    an elevated place serving as a seat
  16. spiny
    having spines
  17. burry
    having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
  18. bristly
    having or covered with protective barbs or spines
  19. spleen
    a large oval organ between the stomach and the diaphragm
  20. sulphur
    an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
  21. quill
    the hollow spine of a feather
  22. marsh
    low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation
  23. bud
    a partially opened flower
  24. beacon
    a fire that can be seen from a distance
  25. ray
    a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
Created on Fri Oct 25 16:50:03 EDT 2013

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