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  • 111pencil cholla — laibasis lazduvis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos augalas (Cylindropuntia leptocaulis), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cylindropuntia leptocaulis angl. Christmas cactus; Christmas cholla; desert Christmas… …

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  • 112pencil hardness —    a traditional measure of the hardness of the leads (actually made of graphite) in pencils. The hardness scale, from softer to harder, takes the form ..., 3B, 2B, B, HB, F, H, 2H, 3H, 4H, .... The letters stand for Black, Hard, and Firm. (There …

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  • 113pencil-pusher — n. a bureaucrat; a clerk; an office worker. (See also paper pusher.) □ Look here, you lousy pencil pusher, I want to talk to your boss! □ City Hall is filled with a bunch of over paid pencil pushers …

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  • 114pencil cedar tree — noun any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils • Syn: ↑pencil cedar • Hypernyms: ↑juniper • Hyponyms: ↑eastern red cedar, ↑red cedar, ↑red juniper, ↑ …

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  • 115pencil eraser — noun an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil • Syn: ↑rubber eraser, ↑rubber • Hypernyms: ↑eraser • Part Holonyms: ↑pencil …

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  • 116pencil lead — noun mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil • Syn: ↑lead • Hypernyms: ↑graphite, ↑black lead, ↑plumbago • Part Holonyms: ↑lead pencil …

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  • 117pencil-case — penˈcil case noun 1. A case for pencils 2. A metal case used to hold a movable piece of blacklead or the like, used as a pencil • • • Main Entry: ↑pencil …

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  • 118pencil-compass — penˈcil comˈpass noun A compass having a pencil on one of its legs • • • Main Entry: ↑pencil …

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  • 119pencil-lead — penˈcil lead noun 1. Graphite for pencils 2. A stick of it for a metal pencil case • • • Main Entry: ↑pencil …

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  • 120pencil-neck — noun a) A person with a very thin neck. That pencil neck from systems isnt going tell me what I cant do. b) An insubstantial person; a weakling …

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