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  • 31an|ti|ra|bies — «AN tee RAY beez», adjective. that prevents or immunizes against rabies: »an antirabies vaccine …

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  • 32ba|bies'-breath — «BAY beez BREHTH», noun. 1. a tall plant bearing numerous clusters of small, fragrant, white or pink flowers on branching stalks; gypsophila. Babies breath is a member of the pink family and is often grown in rock gardens. 2. any of various other …

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  • 33ba|bies'-slip|pers — «BAY beez SLIHP uhrz», noun. = bird s foot trefoil. (Cf. ↑bird s foot trefoil) …

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  • 34hee|bie-jee|bies — «HEE bee JEE beez», noun plural. Slang. the jitters; fidgets: »In spring you can get the heebie jeebies Untangling chickadees from phoebes (E. B. White). ╂[a humorous coinage] …

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  • 35pseu|do|ra|bies — «SOO doh RAY beez», noun. 1. a virus disease of cattle and swine which is transmitted by rats and is characterized by intense itching followed by inflammation of the tissues of the central nervous system; mad itch. 2. = lyssophobia. (Cf.… …

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  • 36ra|bies — «RAY beez, bee eez», noun. a virus disease that attacks the central nervous system of warm blooded animals, causing mental disturbance, muscular spasms, and paralysis; hydrophobia. It is transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal, such as a mad… …

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  • 37sca|bies — «SKAY beez, bee eez», noun. a disease of the skin caused by mites that live as parasites under the skin and cause itching; the itch. ╂[< Latin scabiēs, related to scabere to scratch] …

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  • 38Shield of So|bies|ki — «soh BYEHS kee, s », Astronomy. a constellation over the bow of Sagittarius, represented as a shield having a cross. ╂[< John Sobieski, 1624 1696, a king of Poland] …

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  • 39hee·bie-jee·bies — /ˌhiːbiˈʤiːbiz/ noun the heebie jeebies informal : nervous feelings He gave me the heebie jeebies. [=he made me feel nervous] I got the heebie jeebies when I saw him looking at me …

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  • 40ra·bies — /ˈreıbiz/ noun [noncount] : a very serious and often fatal disease that affects animals (such as dogs) and that can be passed on to people if an infected animal bites them …

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