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Dampen :: Dampen (v. t.) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

Fizgig :: Fizgig (n.) A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes..

Wet :: Wet (superl.) Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season..

Raw :: Raw (superl.) Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind..

Arrowwood :: Arrowwood (n.) A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots..

Dampish :: Dampish (a.) Moderately damp or moist.

Air :: Air (n.) To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors..

Mangle :: Mangle (n.) To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth..

Damping :: Damping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dam.

Show :: Show (n.) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp..

Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach..

Chokeberry :: Chokeberry (n.) The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub..

Thermostat :: Thermostat (n.) A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired..

Smudge :: Smudge (n.) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects..

Mould :: Mould (n.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter..

Savanna :: Savanna (n.) A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees..

Damp :: Damp (n.) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc..

Humid :: Humid (a.) Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor..

Rafty :: Rafty (a.) Damp; musty.

Explosion :: Explosion (n.) The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc..

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