cliff : Idioms & Phrases

• noun any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
  cliff brake; rock brake.
  

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• noun diving into the water from a steep overhanging cliff
  

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• noun a member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of caves
  

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• noun a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff
  
  • the Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States

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Cliff" lime"stone`

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1. (Geol.) A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.

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• noun one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California
  Penstemon rupicola; rock penstemon.
  

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• noun tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover
  sea pink; Armeria maritima.
  

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• noun North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
  Hirundo pyrrhonota.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a North American swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons), which builds its nest against cliffs; the eaves swallow.

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• noun any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
  cliff brake; rock brake.
  

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• adjective satellite (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
  suspensive; suspenseful; nail-biting.
  

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• noun fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds
  Dryopteris fragrans; fragrant wood fern; fragrant shield fern.
  

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