音标:[ˈplɑ:zəz] ;
n. (尤指西班牙语城镇的)露天广场( plaza的复数形式 ); 购物中心
n. a public square with room for pedestrians
n. mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

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Abbe's theory
abies recurvata mast.
abovenamed
adjust screw
ambulatory monitoring
amphigenesis
annul
anostracas
as times go
asphaltic pyrobitumens
axial channel
Bacterium putidum
bamboo flute
be versant about sth
bead tube
BlueTrack
branched chain peptide
buka puasa
cinder box
coaxialline
cw operation
cypraea cicercula lienardi
DAB-6
data strobe
Defensive Eating
degree of metameris
Diaphenylsulphone
Differential Signaling
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doughing of malt
early mature
elaborate plan
electronic means
embedded bar
entry system
exclusive surveyor
executibility
ferroxidase
Fianarantsoa, Faritani de
finger valve
first-order autoregressive errors
full file replacement
gene regulatory protein
glossa (pl. glossae)
heel cam
icositetrachoron
in moult
incidence correspondence
indicator vegetation
induced-potential test
intermicellar swelling
live-virus vaccine
Manciet
marginal utility analysis
Melyridoe
Meramangye, L.
milful
Muang Thathôm
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naturally-aspirateds
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Theophilus
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