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Dock

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bobnoun(intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
tailnoun(anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
wharfnoun(nautical) An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
bobtailnounA short, or deliberately shortened tail.
wharfagenounA fee charged for using a wharf.
dockagenoun(nautical) A charge levied for docking.
sour grassnounA low spreading plant with yellow flowers and clover-like leaves, Oxalis stricta.
docking facilitynounlanding in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
sorrelnounAny of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially

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undockverb(transitive, computing) To remove from a docking station.

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sour grassnounA low spreading plant with yellow flowers and clover-like leaves, Oxalis stricta.
sorrelnounAny of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
tailnoun(anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
bobtailnounA short, or deliberately shortened tail.
wharfnoun(nautical) An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
bobnounA bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
dockagenoun(nautical) A charge levied for docking.
docking facilitynounlanding in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
baynoun(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
calenoun(Australia) Any of a number of marine fish in the family Odacidae
moornounAn extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
slipnounAn act or instance of slipping.
basinnounA depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
fingernoun(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
caisnounInitialism of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. [A medical condition where the cells of an XY-chromosomal human do not react to androgens at all, leading to female development rather than male.]
pelvisnoun(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
poolnounA small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
egdnoun(medicine) Initialism of esophagogastroduodenoscopy. [(medicine) upper gastrointestinal endoscopy]
pavementnoun(chiefly UK, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Mid-Atlantic US, countable) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
waterfrontnounThe land alongside a body of water.

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