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Buhl
- noun - an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
Bull
- noun - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"
- a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"
- advance in price; "stocks were bulling"
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
- push or force; "He bulled through his demands"
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for t
Burl
- noun - a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
- remove the burls from cloth
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
Cull
- noun - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
- remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd"
- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Curl
- noun - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- a strand or cluster of hair
- American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
- form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
- play the Scottish game of curling
- shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
- wind around something in coils or loops
Dual
- adjective - a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); "ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek"
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure"
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
Duel
- noun - a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
- any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)
- fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"
Dull
- adjective - (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues"
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time"
- become less interesting or attractive
- being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
- Boring
- darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"
- lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at partie
Fuel
- noun - a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"
- provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"
- provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"
- stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"
- take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain"
Full
- adjective -
- (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"
- beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening; "full the cloth"
- being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer"
- complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster"
- constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure"
- containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"
- filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach"
- having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"
- increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"
- make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
- the time when the Moon is fully illuminated; "the moon is at