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Barb: one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather; a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove; the pointed part of barbed wire; provide with barbs; "barbed wire"; provide with barbs; "barbed wire"

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seta collapse: a stiff hair or bristle; stalk of a moss capsule

barbel collapse: slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish

barbule collapse

quill collapse: a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog; the hollow spine of a feather; pen made from a bird's feather

antenna collapse: one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste; an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals; sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"

strop collapse: a leather strap used to sharpen razors; sharpen on a strop; "strop razors"

prickle collapse: make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"; cause a prickling sensation

volley collapse: a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces; utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"; make a volley; discharge in, or as if in, a volley; "the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians"; hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball"; be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the attackers"

bruise collapse: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration; damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"; break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"; injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

arrow collapse: a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow; a mark to indicate a direction or relation

thoroughbred collapse: a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses; a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares; a well-bred person

grieve collapse: feel grief; eat one's heart out; cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother"

feeler collapse

stubble collapse: short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days

sharpen collapse: become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"; make sharp or sharper; "We had to sharpen our arguments"; make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"; give a point to; "The candles are tapered"; raise the pitch of (musical notes); make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"; make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

aggrieve collapse: infringe on the rights of

thorn collapse: a Germanic character of runic origin

pen yan collapse

phenobarbital collapse

heroin collapse: a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush

paregoric collapse: medicine used to treat diarrhea

Nembutal collapse

laudanum collapse: narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient

methadone collapse: synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

scag collapse

Demerol collapse

barbiturate collapse: organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal

blue devil collapse

blue velvet collapse

codeine collapse: derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relive pain)

Seconal collapse

shear collapse: a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it; (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"; cut with shears; "shear hedges"; cut or cut through with shears

pain killer collapse

sleeping pill collapse: a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)

opium collapse: an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy

morphine collapse: an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain

hard stuff collapse

yellow jacket collapse: small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground

insult collapse: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

goofball collapse

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