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  • 51horn — ► NOUN 1) a hard bony outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, and other animals. 2) the substance of which horns are composed. 3) a wind instrument, now usually of brass, conical in shape or wound into a …

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  • 52horned — horn ► NOUN 1) a hard bony outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, and other animals. 2) the substance of which horns are composed. 3) a wind instrument, now usually of brass, conical in shape or wound… …

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  • 53horn — horn1 [ hɔrn ] noun ** 1. ) count the object in a car or other vehicle that makes a loud warning noise when you press it: honk/beep/sound your horn: A car honked its horn at me. 2. ) count one of the hard pointed parts that usually grow in a pair …

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  • 54horn — 1 noun 1 OF AN ANIMAL (C) one of the pair of hard pointed parts that grow on the heads of cows, goats, and other animals 2 SUBSTANCE (U) a) the substance that animals horns are made of: a knife with a horn handle b) (C) a part of an animal s head …

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  • 55horn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. antler, cornu, callus, nail; saddle horn, pummel, pommel; blower, tooter, tin horn, ram s horn, shofar, French horn, trumpet, etc. (see music); horn of plenty, cornucopia; powder horn. See hardness,… …

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  • 56Magic in Bartimaeus — Contents 1 Magicians 1.1 Apprenticeship 1.2 Birth names 1.3 …

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  • 57Oxegen 2010 — logo Location(s) Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland Date(s) 8–11 July 2010 Genre Rock Website …

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  • 58back out — verb 1. move out of a space backwards (Freq. 2) He backed out of the driveway • Hypernyms: ↑back • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s PP 2. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity …

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  • 59back away — verb make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity (Freq. 1) We ll have to crawfish out from meeting with him He backed out of his earlier promise The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns • Syn: ↑retreat, ↑pull back, ↑ …

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  • 60crawfish out — verb make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity We ll have to crawfish out from meeting with him He backed out of his earlier promise The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns • Syn: ↑retreat, ↑pull back, ↑back out, ↑ …

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