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1. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
2. bio-, comb. form View full entry 1808
...With the sense ‘biographical’, ‘comprising elements of biography’....
3. desi, adj. and n. View full entry 1885
...In South Asia: (in early use esp. of cotton) local, indigenous, native. Also in extended use (derogatory): rustic, unsophisticated....
4. marriage, n. View full entry c1300
...The condition of being a husband or wife; the relation between persons married to each other; matrimony....
5. mutton, n. View full entry c1300
...The flesh of sheep, used as food....
6. number, n. View full entry c1300
...The precise sum or aggregate of a collection of individual things or persons; the quantity or amount....
7. Pak, adj. and n. View full entry 1958
...Chiefly S. Asian. Of or relating to Pakistan or its inhabitants; = Pakistani...
8. pensionary, adj. View full entry a1475
...That pays a pension; spec. (of a church, vicarage, etc.) charged with an annual payment to a superior church or other ecclesiastical body (cf. pension4a). Obs....
