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noun(val-ley)an elongate depression of the earth's surface usually between ranges of hills or mountains
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noun(val-ley)an area drained by a river and its tributaries
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noun(val-ley)a low point or condition
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noun(val-ley)coccidioidomycosis
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noun(val-ley)an adolescent girl from the San Fernando Valley; also : one whose values, mannerisms, and especially speech patterns resemble those of such a girl
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geographical name(val-ley)locality on the Schuylkill River in southeastern Pennsylvania which served as the winter headquarters of General George Washington and his army 1777—78 during the American Revolution and is now preserved as a national historical park
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geographical name(val-ley)volcanic region of southwestern Alaska in Katmai National Park
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geographical name(val-ley)popular name for the valley of the Salt River including the city of Phoenix, Arizona, and the surrounding area
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geographical name(val-ley)village on Long Island in southeastern New York population 37,511
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noun phrase(val-ley)a low perennial herb (Convallaria majalis) of the lily family that has usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of fragrant nodding bell-shaped white flowers
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noun(val-ley)an elongated valley formed by the depression of a block of the earth's crust between two faults or groups of faults of approximately parallel orientation
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noun(val-ley)an acute, usually epizootic, mosquito-borne disease of domestic animals chiefly of eastern and southern Africa that is caused by a bunyavirus (species Rift Valley fever virus of the genus Phlebovirus), is marked especially by fever, abortion, and death of newborns, and is sometimes transmitted to humans usually in a milder form marked by flu-like symptoms