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alpine
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adjective
relating to or characteristic of alps
alpine sports
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adjective
living or growing above the timber line
alpine flowers
Alpine
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adjective
relating to the Alps and their inhabitants
Alpine countries, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Germany
pore
Noun
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A tiny opening in the skin.
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Any small opening. Often an object will have many pores, not just one, and these pores let liquids pass through them.
pore
Verb
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If you pore over something, you study it carefully and with great detail; you look at it many times.
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To meditate or reflect in a steady way.
lichen
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noun
any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc
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noun
any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks