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sweet potato collapse: the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States; pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh

ocarina collapse: egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

panpipe collapse: a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together

fife collapse: a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band

English horn collapse: a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch

oboe collapse: a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

recorder collapse: equipment for making records; a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs

reed collapse: a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"; United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902); United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920); tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

flute collapse: a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown; a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column); a tall narrow wineglass; form flutes in

valve collapse: control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid; device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone; a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

pipe collapse: a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.; a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco; a small fipple flute that is played with the left hand while the right hand is free to beat a tabor; a hollow cylindrical shape; trim with piping; "pipe the skirt"; play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"; transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert"

catheter collapse: a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open

whistle collapse: acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound; the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game"; the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture; utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody"; give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid"; make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"; move with, or as with, a whistling sound; "The bullets whistled past him"; move, send, or bring as if by whistling; "Her optimism whistled away these worries"; make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and whistling"

dossier collapse: a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)

hygrometer collapse: measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere

bell collapse: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck; the flared opening of a tubular device; the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"; United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922); English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961); a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905); the shape of a bell; (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.; attach a bell to; "bell cows"

horn collapse: one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates; any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn; an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound; a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather); a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it; a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;; the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails; stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"

nipple collapse: a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier; the small projection of a mammary gland

hose collapse: a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas; man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet; water with a hose; "hose the lawn"

pipeline collapse: a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"

spinsterhood collapse: the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)

bachelorhood collapse: the state of being an unmarried man; the time of a man's life prior to marriage

siphon collapse: a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled; a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube; move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action; "siphon gas into the tank"; convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon

mouthpiece collapse: the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly; the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth; an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks; (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth; a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person; "the mouthpiece of a respirator"; a spokesperson (as a lawyer)

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