National Definition–adjective | 1. | of, pertaining to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs. | | 2. | owned, preserved, or maintained by the federal government: a national wildlife refuge. | | 3. | peculiar or common to the whole people of a country: national customs. | | 4. | devoted to one's own nation, its interests, etc.; patriotic: to stir up national pride. | | 6. | concerning or encompassing an entire nation: a national radio network. | | 7. | limited to one nation. | –noun | 8. | a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection: U.S. nationals living abroad. | | 9. | Often, nationals. a national competition, tournament, or the like: We're invited to Minneapolis for the nationals. | | 10. | a national company or organization. | |
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Blind Definition–adjective | 1. | unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man. | | 2. | unwilling or unable to perceive or understand: They were blind to their children's faults. He was blind to all arguments. | | 3. | not characterized or determined by reason or control: blind tenacity; blind chance. | | 4. | not having or based on reason or intelligence; absolute and unquestioning: She had blind faith in his fidelity. | | 5. | lacking all consciousness or awareness: a blind stupor. | | 7. | hard to see or understand: blind reasoning. | | 8. | hidden from immediate view, esp. from oncoming motorists: a blind corner. | | 9. | of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously: a blind ad signed only with a box number. | | 10. | having no outlets; closed at one end: a blind passage; a blind mountain pass. | | 11. | Architecture. (of an archway, arcade, etc.) having no windows, passageways, or the like. | | 12. | dense enough to form a screen: a blind hedge of privet. | | 13. | done without seeing; by instruments alone: blind flying. | | 14. | made without some prior knowledge: a blind purchase; a blind lead in a card game. | | 15. | of or pertaining to an experime
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ntal design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested. | | 16. | of, pertaining to, or for blind persons. | | 17. | Bookbinding. (of a design, title, or the like) impressed into the cover or spine of a book by a die without ink or foil. | | 18. | Cookery. (of pastry shells) baked or fried without the filling. | | 19. | (of a rivet or other fastener) made so that the end inserted, though inaccessible, can be headed or spread. | –verb (used with object) | 20. | to make sightless permanently, temporarily, or momentarily, as by injuring, dazzling, bandaging the eyes, etc.: The explosion blinded him. We were blinded by the bright lights. | | 21. | to make obscure or dark: The room was blinded by heavy curtains. | | 22. | to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment: a resen
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tment that blinds his good sense. | | 23. | to outshine; eclipse: a radiance that doth blind the sun. | –noun | 24. | something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse. | | 25. | a window covering having horizontal or vertical slats that can be drawn out of the way, often with the angle of the slats adjustable to admit varying amounts of light. | | 28. | a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, esp. one in which hunters conceal themselves: a duck blind. | | 29. | an activity, organization, or the like for concealing or masking action or purpose; subterfuge: The store was just a blind for their gambling operation. | | 31. | Slang. a bout of excessive drinking; drunken spree. | | 32. | Poker. a compulsory bet made without prior knowledge of one's hand. | | 33. | (used with a plural verb ) persons who lack the sense of sight (usually preceded by the): The blind are said to have an acute sense of hearing. | –adverb | 34. | into a stupor; to the degree at which consciousness is lost: He drank himself blind. | | 35. | without the ability to see clearly; lacking visibility; blindly: They were driving blind through the snowstorm. | | 36. | without guidance or forethought: They were working blind and couldn't anticipate the effects of their actions. | | 37. | to an extreme or absolute degree; completely: The confidence men cheated her blind. | |
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And Definition–conjunction | 1. | (used to connect grammatically coordinate words, phrases, or clauses) along or together with; as well as; in addition to; besides; also; moreover: pens and pencils. | | 2. | added to; plus: 2 and 2 are 4. | | 3. | then: He read for an hour and went to bed. | | 4. | also, at the same time: to sleep and dream. | | 5. | then again; repeatedly: He coughed and coughed. | | 6. | (used to imply different qualities in things having the same name): There are bargains and bargains, so watch out. | | 7. | (used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened. | | 8. | Informal. to (used between two finite verbs): Try and do it. Call and see if she's home yet. | | 9. | (used to introduce a consequence or conditional result): He felt sick and decided to lie down for a while. Say one more word about it and I'll scream. | | 10. | but; on the contrary: He tried to run five miles and couldn't. They said they were about to leave and then stayed for two more hours. | | 11. | (used to connect alternatives): He felt that he was being forced to choose between his career and his family. | | 12. | (used to introduce a comment on the preceding clause): They don't like each other—and with good reason. | | 13. | Archaic. if: and you please. Compare an 2 . | –noun | 14. | an added condition, stipulation, detail, or particular: He accepted the job, no ands or buts about it. | —Idioms | 16. | and so forth, and the like; and others; et cetera: We discussed traveling, sightseeing, and so forth. | | 17. | and so on, and more things or others of a similar kind; and the like: It was a summer filled with parties, picnics, and so on. | |
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Wallpaper Definition–noun | 1. | paper, usually with printed decorative patterns in color, for pasting on and covering the walls or ceilings of rooms, hallways, etc. | | 2. | any fabric, foil, vinyl material, etc., used as a wall or ceiling covering. | –verb (used with object) | 3. | to put wallpaper on (a wall, ceiling, etc.) or to furnish (a room, house, etc.) with wallpaper. | |
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