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n 1: any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers

n 1: an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium

n 1: a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint

n 1: a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment) 2: an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes

n 1: a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) [syn: soundbox, body]

n 1: a private box for delivery of mail [syn: mailbox, letter box] 2: public box for deposit of mail [syn: postbox, mailbox, letter box]

n 1: a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats)

n 1: a remote and undeveloped area [syn: backwoods, back country, boondocks, hinterland]

n 1: orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf [syn: stream orchid, chatterbox, giant helleborine, Epipactis gigantea] 2: an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker [syn: chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter]

n 1: European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage [syn: redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium]

n 1: a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox [syn: cowpox, vaccinia]

n 1: either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin [syn: cyclooxygenase, Cox] 2: the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew [syn: coxswain, cox] v 1: act as the coxswain, in a boat race

adj 1: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide" [syn: fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated]

n 1: a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned

v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]

n 1: alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs 2: a shifty deceptive person [syn: dodger, fox, slyboots] 3: the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox 4: English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806) [syn: Fox, Charles James Fox] 5: English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691) [syn: Fox, George Fox] 6: a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River 7: the Algonquian language of the Fox v 1: deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" [syn: flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on] 2: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate] 3: become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots

n 1: the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed [syn: gearbox, gear box, gear case]

n 1: a round piece of luggage for carrying hats

n 1: a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses

n 1: a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated

n 1: white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures [syn: refrigerator, icebox]

n 1: a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin [syn: jukebox, nickelodeon]

n 1: a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables [syn: safe-deposit, safe-deposit box, safety-deposit, safety deposit box, deposit box, lockbox]

n 1: a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants [syn: liquid oxygen, LOX] 2: brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked

n 1: a box for holding matches

v 1: outdo someone in trickery 2: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" [syn: outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent]

n 1: an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus 2: any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos [syn: ox, wild ox]

n 1: a small round woman's hat [syn: pillbox, toque, turban] 2: a small case for holding pills 3: a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete)

n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) [syn: syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues] 2: a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks

n 1: any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops [syn: crotalaria, rattlebox]

n 1: a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind

n 1: mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal 2: a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in [syn: sandbox, sandpile, sandpit]

n 1: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars [syn: smallpox, variola, variola major]

n 1: a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket

n 1: a crate for packing soap 2: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]

n 1: a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction 2: a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod 3: a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked

n 1: a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked [syn: strongbox, deedbox]

n 1: small or narrow cell 2: a device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat

n 1: a discussion intended to produce an agreement; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians" [syn: negotiation, dialogue, talks]

n 1: a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence; "the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe" 2: a box for holding tinder

n 1: a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools [syn: toolbox, tool chest, tool cabinet, tool case]

n 1: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations" [syn: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox]

n 1: container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) [syn: workbasket, workbox, workbag]

n 1: Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572) [syn: Knox, John Knox]

n 1: United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935) [syn: Ochs, Adolph Simon Ochs]

n 1: a container used to keep bread or cake in [syn: bread- bin, breadbox]

n 1: a strongbox for holding cash [syn: cashbox, money box, till]

n 1: public box for deposit of mail [syn: postbox, mailbox, letter box]