clubhouse
Webster Dictionary
a house occupied by a club
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clavated
Webster Dictionary
club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top. [See Illust. of Antennae.]
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kitcat
Webster Dictionary
designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies
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house
Webster Dictionary
to take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle
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mace
Webster Dictionary
a heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor
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claviger
Webster Dictionary
one who carries a club; a club bearer
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clubbed
Webster Dictionary
shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club
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club
(ʌb)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to attend a club or a club's activities.
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billy
Webster Dictionary
a club; esp., a policeman's club
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methodist
Webster Dictionary
one of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties
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at
Webster Dictionary
primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are derived all the various uses of at
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chalet
(chalet)
Princeton's WordNet
a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style
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ways and means committee
(Ways and Means Committee)
Princeton's WordNet
a permanent committee of the United States House of Representatives that makes recommendations to the US House on all bills that would raise revenue
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reichsrath
Webster Dictionary
the parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives
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rent collector
(rent collector)
Princeton's WordNet
a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner
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guesthouse
(guesthouse)
Princeton's WordNet
a house separate from the main house; for housing guests
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houses of parliament
(Houses of Parliament)
Princeton's WordNet
the building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet
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front yard
(front yard)
Princeton's WordNet
the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street
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parliament
(ˈpɑr lə mənt; sometimes ˈpɑrl yə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(cap.) the national legislature of Great Britain, consisting of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
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speaker
(ˈspi kər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(usu. cap.) the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, the British House of Commons, or other legislative assemblies.
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tenement
(ˈtɛn ə mənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, esp. in a poor section of a large city.
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town house
(ʊnz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a house in the city, esp. a luxurious one or one distinguished from a person's house in the country.
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impeachment
(ɪmˈpitʃ mənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(in the U.S. Congress or a state legislature) the presentation of charges against a public official by the lower house, with trial to be before the upper house.
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representative
(ˌrɛp rɪˈzɛn tə tɪv)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, esp. a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures.
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house
Webster Dictionary
a family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel
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house
Webster Dictionary
one of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament
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speaker
Webster Dictionary
one who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives
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mansion
Webster Dictionary
the house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension
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semidetached
(ˌsɛm i dɪˈtætʃt, ˌsɛm aɪ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a house) joined to another house by a common wall.
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wars of the roses
(War of the Roses, Wars of the Roses)
Princeton's WordNet
struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII
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