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1. Wall
   [Chinese constellation] The Wall mansion ({zh|c=壁宿|p=Bì Xiù}) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise. == Asterisms == ...
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2. wall
   [n] - a difficult or awkward situation 2. [n] - a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) 3. [n] - anything that suggests a wall in structure or effect 4. [n] - (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure 5. [n] - a laye...
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3. Wall
   Caterpillar species. Latin name: Lasiommata megera Native coarse grasses Description: Bluish green with faint white stripes. The Wall Brown is common throughout England, Ireland and Wales.
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4. wall
   Artificial barrier of brick or stone. Walls are normally built to protect property, but in upland areas they frequently replace hedges or fences as field boundaries. ...
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5. wall
   a vertical building component with enclosing or subdividing function; it can be an internal wall or an external wall, loadbearing or non loadbearing Category: Building industry • any part delimiting a hollow space in a machine Category: Mechanical engineering • lateral walls ...
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6. Wall
   Wall noun (Nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale. Wall knot , a knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the f...
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7. Wall
   Wall noun [ Anglo-Saxon weall , from Latin vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to Greek ... a nail. Confer Interval .] 1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height,...
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8. Wall
   Wall transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Walled ; present participle & verbal noun Walling .] 1. To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall. 'Seven walled towns of ...
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9. wall
   1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc, also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. 'The plaster of the wall of the King...
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10. wall
    paries noun (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; `stomach walls`
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11. wall
    noun an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; `the south wall had a small window`; `the walls were covered with pictures`
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12. wall
    noun anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect; `a wall of water`; `a wall of smoke`; `a wall of prejudice`; `negotiations ran into a brick wall`
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13. wall
    noun a difficult or awkward situation; `his back was to the wall`; `competition was pushing them to the wall`
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14. wall
    (wawl) a structure bounding or limiting a space or a definitive mass of material; called also paries. cell wall a rigid structure that lies just outside of and is joined to the plasma membrane of plant cells and most prokaryotic cells, which protects the cell and maintains its sh...
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15. Wall
    • (n.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale. • (n.) A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense. • (v. t.) To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway. • (n.) The side of a level or drift....
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16. wall
    structural element used to divide or enclose, and, in building construction, to form the periphery of a room or a building. In traditional masonry ... [14 related articles]
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17. wall
    wall 1. A vertical structure forming an inside partition or an outside surface of a building. 2. A narrow upright structure, usually built of stone, wood, plaster, or brick, that acts as a boundary or keeps something in or out. 3. A structure of earth or stone built for defensive purposes. 4. Som...
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18. Wall
    [comics] ==Fictional character biography== Wall was a member of Randall Shire`s small travelling carnival in Australia before Shire was possessed by the alien Undying known as Semijan and subsequently enslaved Wall and his brother Key with his mutant vocal power. Wall was forced to serve as ...
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19. WALL
    WALL (1340 AM, "1340-WALL") is a radio station licensed to Middletown, New York that serves Orange County, New York. WALL is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts at 1340 kHz with 1,000 watts, daytime and nighttime, both nondirectional. WALL is an affiliate of Scott Shannon`s True Oldies Channel, and has a brokered local morning show. WALL flip...
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20. Wall
    [Unix] wall (an abbreviation of w```rite to ```all) is a Unix command-line utility that displays the contents of a file or standard input to all logged-in users. It is typically used by root to send out shutting down message to all users just before poweroff. == Invocation == Remember to brush your teeth! ...
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21. Wall
    [disambiguation] A wall is a solid structure that provides a barrier or enclosure. Wall, WALL, or The Wall may also refer to: ==People== ==Places== ==Physical structures== ==Music== ==Television and film== ==Books== ==Zoology== ==Miscellaneous== ...
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22. wall
    Unix's 'write all' command which sends a message to everyone currently logged in. [Jargon File]
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23. Wall
    A wall (from Old English weall) is a vertical structure, usually solid, that defines and sometimes protects an area. Most commonly, a wall delineates a building and supports its superstructure, separates space in buildings into rooms, or protects or delineates a space in the open air. There are thr...
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24. Wall
    a line of 2 to 6 defending players pressed together shoulder-to-shoulder to protect their goal against a close free kick; creates a more difficult shot by reducing the amount of open goal area the kicker has to shoot at.
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25. Wall
    A vertical or near vertical structure which encloses or separates spaces and may be used to resist horizontal or vertical forces or bending forces.
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