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a. On this side of the bridge (or bridges)
prov. An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.
a. of, relating to, or being a surjection
n. (context anatomy English) A muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles, applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball.
vb. (context archaic English) (en-third-person singular of: falsify)
n. Any of three species of the amaranth genus ''Haloxylon'': (taxlink Haloxylon ammodendron species), (taxlink Haloxylon aphyllum species) (the black saxaul), and (taxlink Haloxylon persicum species) (the white saxaul).
n. (plural of babygirl English)
a. Lacking beauty.
n. 1 a critical or explanatory commentary or analysis 2 a comment added to a text 3 the process of writing such comment or commentary 4 (context computing English) metadata added to a document or program 5 (context genetics English) information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
n. The condition of being regressive
a. (context anatomy English) Relating to the middle part of the limbic system
a. Having healthily functioning gonads.
n. A species of cockchafer, (taxlink Melolontha melolontha species noshow=1).
n. A brick wall reinforced with horizontal wires for stability.
a. (context idiomatic English) physically unfit
a. lacking originality
a. Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
n. (context zoology English) Any member of the Centropagidae.
n. A bird of prey species, ''Buteo buteo''.
adv. (context idiomatic English) In an unexpected or inexplicable manner of arrival or occurrence.
n. An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
n. (context British English) A form of civil protection (using closed-circuit television, control zones and restricted access) that effectively seals off city centres and financial districts; used in Northern Ireland and City.
vb. (en-archaic third-person singular of: rescind)
n. (plural of coscreenwriter English)
n. 1 A mediaeval and Renaissance wind instrument. 2 A stop on an organ.
n. (brown out English)
n. joss money burnt in Chinese ancestor worship
vb. (en-pastpre-increment)
n. (plural of store English)
adv. In an unmannered way; rudely.
n. (plural of underleaf English)
n. bead, beads
n. An antiviral drug.
vb. (present participle of maximalize English)
n. The skill, tendency or property of being sociable or social, of interacting well with others.
n. The system of ducts in a particular building.
Usage examples of "ductwork".
If not for the slight give in some sections of the ductwork, he would have been trapped, caught fast yards ago.
Square ductwork rose vertically from huge, cage-enclosed fan assemblies sunk into the poured-concrete floor.
From the looks of the system, whoever built this ductwork forgot it was there.
Stephen Leviste sat cross legged within the ductwork, a few yards down from the vent opening where he had squeezed through a couple of hours earlier.
Once you got past the small vent opening, the ductwork itself was about three feet square, plenty of room for him.
Stephen crawled down the ductwork, to the light that the vent opening threw.
And the noxious cloud chasing him along the ductwork had made up his mind.
The others should have already made it to their grates--they were supposed to meet up in the ductwork and make their way to the gateway in the center of the citadel.
When she reached the concrete basement floor, she pointed to where ductwork, vent covers, an assortment of wiring and various other parts were spread across the floor in neat piles.
Once in the system, he crawled through the maze of ductwork, until he came at last to the grille overlooking the room with the alcove and the rows of indentations on the alcove walls.
Tubing and ductwork ran along the ceiling of the tunnel, reminding Beka of tree roots inside a dirt cave.
He clambered along and spotted a straight climb along a sideways-sloping, three-foot-wide strip of metal filling the gap between what seemed to be the high side of a turbine and a narrow strip of darkness a foot wide alongside more ductwork.