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1 cliff -- rank: 1000

cliff definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" [syn: cliff, drop, drop-off] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English ... clif, from Old English; akin to Old High German klep cliff, Old Norse klif Date: before 12th century a very steep ... esp. at the edge of the sea. Phrases and idioms: cliff-hanger a story etc. with a strong element of suspense; a suspenseful ending to an episode of a serial. cliff-hanging full of suspense. Derivatives: clifflike adj. cliffy adj. ...

2 cliff swallow -- rank: 908

cliff swallow definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: North ... builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls [syn: cliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1825 a ... especially under eaves and on cliffs Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cliff Cliff (kl[i^]f), n. [AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS ... climbing place. See Climb.] A high, steep rock; a precipice. Cliff swallow (Zo["o]l.), a North American swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons ...

3 cliff dwelling -- rank: 908

cliff dwelling definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff; "the Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States" Merriam Webster's noun see cliff dweller Britannica Concise Prehistoric, usually multistoried house of the ancestors ... entered only through the ceiling. It is thought that the cliff dwellings were built as a defense against invading Navajo and ...

4 cliff-hanging -- rank: 879

cliff-hanging definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense [syn: cliff-hanging, suspenseful, suspensive, nail-biting] Merriam Webster's adjective see cliff-hanger

5 cliff brake -- rank: 879

cliff brake definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any ... small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions [syn: cliff brake, cliff-brake, rock brake]

6 Cliff limestone -- rank: 879

Cliff limestone definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cliff limestone Cliff" lime"stone` (Geol.) A series of limestone strata found in ...

7 cliff dweller -- rank: 879

cliff dweller definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... of canyon walls and cliffs b. a member of any cliff-dwelling people 2. a resident of a large usually metropolitan apartment building • cliff dwelling noun

8 cliff-brake -- rank: 879

cliff-brake definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any ... small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions [syn: cliff brake, cliff-brake, rock brake]

9 cliff rose -- rank: 864

cliff rose definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: tufted ... north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover [syn: cliff rose, sea pink, Armeria maritima]

10 cliff diving -- rank: 864

cliff diving definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: diving into the water from a steep overhanging cliff

11 fragrant cliff fern -- rank: 864

fragrant cliff fern definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: fern ... northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds [syn: fragrant cliff fern, fragrant shield fern, fragrant wood fern, Dryopteris fragrans]

12 CLEFT; CLIFF; CLIFT -- rank: 864

CLEFT; CLIFF; CLIFT definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia kleft, klif, klift: The ... 5, but not in the Revised Version (British and American). "Cliff," an abrupt, precipitous, towering rock, is not in the Revised ...

13 Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument -- rank: 864

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument definitions Merriam Webster's geographical name reservation SW New Mexico including cliff-dweller ruins

14 cliff-hanger -- rank: 864

cliff-hanger definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1937 1 ... doubt up to the very end; broadly a suspenseful situation • cliff-hanging adjective Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see cliffhanger

15 cliff-hang -- rank: 864

cliff-hang definitions Merriam Webster's intransitive verb Etymology: back-formation from cliff-hanger Date: 1946 to await the outcome of a suspenseful ...