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Dyke logo #10101) Barrier against the sea 2) Brass Era vehicle 3) Breakwater 4) Butch 5) Dike 6) Enclose with a dike 7) Flood barrier 8) Flood defence 9) Flood preventer 10) Gay woman 11) Lesbian 12) Levee 13) Prideful sort 14) Slang for a lesbian 15) Tribade 16) Van follower
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Dyke logo #10101) Dam 2) Dike 3) Levee 4) Milldam 5) Weir
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Dyke logo #21000[construction] Dykes or training walls are found in rivers. They area flood defence mechanism. The sediment builds up on the dyke and then the river slows down as a result of this. ...
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Dyke logo #21000[epithet] Jan Hus Memorial in Old Town Square Prague ...
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Dyke logo #21000[slang] The term dyke or dike is a slang noun meaning lesbian; it is also a slang adjective describing things associated with lesbianism. It originated as a derogatory label for a masculine woman, and this usage is still predominant. However, there have been attempts by some lesbian groups to use it as a neutral synonym for lesbian. ==Origi...
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Dyke logo #22012or dike
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Dyke logo #21002• (n.) See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.
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Dyke logo #22735A tabular body of intrusive igneous rock, crosscutting the host strata at an oblique angle.
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dyke logo #21722wall
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dyke logo #20688In archaeology, a linear earthwork consisting of a line of bank and ditch. Most dykes in Britain are products of the post-Roman period. They may be double or occasionally treble, and were designed...
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Dyke logo #20972Dyke noun See Dike . The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.
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Dyke logo #21028Thin vertical veins of igneous rock that form when magma enters and cools in fractures found within the crust. Also see intrusive igneous rock.
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Dyke logo #21217A dyke (dike) is a ditch or trench, and also an embankment, rampart, or wall. It is specially applied to an embankment raised to oppose the incursions of the sea or of a river, the dikes of Holland being notable examples of work of this kind. These are often raised 12 metres above the high-water mark, and are wide enough at the top for a common roa...
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Dyke logo #21217Dyke is slang for a lesbian.
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Dyke logo #20434A bank, often used to describe a linear rampart. Early English Term used to describe a style of English Gothic architecture, roughly covering the period 1200-1300.
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Dyke logo #20501Vertical or near-vertical igneous intrusion that cuts across existing bedding or foliation in the host rock.
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dyke logo #21221(earth science) In earth science, a sheet of igneous rock created by the intrusion of magma (molten rock) across layers of pre-existing rock. (By contrast, a sill is intruded between layers of rock.) It may form a ridge when exposed on the surface if it is more resistant...
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Dyke logo #22709A long and relatively thin body of igneous rock that, while in the molten state, intruded a fissure in older rocks.
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Dyke logo #22733(vein) A long mass of eruptive rock, a dyke (vein) may consist of mineral deposits located between other rocks.
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Dyke logo #22733A long and relatively thin body of igneous rock that, while in the molten state, intruded a fissure in older rocks.
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Dyke logo #22734A long and relatively thin body of igneous rock that, while in the molten state, intruded a fissure in older rocks.
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Dyke logo #22999an intrusion of igneous rock, formed when magma flows toward the surface through cracks or faults, cutting through the rock layers. ...
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