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umbrage
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Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.
tetrarchy
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The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.
underlay
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The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
water ballast
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Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.
wistaria
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A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous clusters of pale bluish flowers.
tellina
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A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.
vitellogene
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A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths.
