noun
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excessive eagerness.
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a strong desire.
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agony caused by separation of a beloved person.
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she who has keen or strong eagerness.
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a small swelling or projection on a plant, from which a shoot, cluster of leaves or flower develops; a bud.
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sudden fear; fright.
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a small water-vessel, with a nozzle for pouring out the water.
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a bushy annual plant (Cicer arietinum) of the pea family, with short, hairy pods containing usually two seeds; the chickpea plant.
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its seed ; chickpea.
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any plant whose stem puts out tendrils or rootlets by which it can creep along a surface as it grows; a creeper.
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a ridge or swell moving along the surface of a liquid or body of water as a result of disturbance, as by wind; a wave.