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Sty

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pigpennounSynonym of pigsty.
pigstynoun(colloquial) A dirty or very untidy place.
styenoun(pathology) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.
hordeolumnounstye, sty. An infection of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid. This is distinguished from a chalazion, which is not infected, but a cyst formed from an impacted meibomian gland of the eyelid.
eye infectionnounan infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid

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WordDefinition
pigstynoun(colloquial) A dirty or very untidy place.
pigpennounSynonym of pigsty.
styenoun(pathology) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.
hordeolumnounstye, sty. An infection of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid. This is distinguished from a chalazion, which is not infected, but a cyst formed from an impacted meibomian gland of the eyelid.
eye infectionnounan infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
piggerynounA place, such as a farm, where pigs are kept or raised.
pennounA tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
pignoun(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
swinestynounA pigsty
crewnounA group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.
fanknounA pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.
stubnounA piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
pencasenounA box or case for storing a pen.
goose-pennounAn enclosure for geese.
marker pennounA pen, often with a thick tip made of felt.
stylenounSenses relating to a thin, pointed object.
styletnounAn engraving tool, a stylus.
porketnoun(archaic) A young hog; a pig.
quillnounA pen made from a feather.
coopnounA basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.

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