adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
prickly heat
prickly pear
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
heat
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Q I get prickly heat every time I go in the sun.
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A prickly heat pressed against his face; the teakettle made hissing sounds in the night.
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Covered in a kind of prickly heat .
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A prickly heat pressed against his face.
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It is not prickly heat , it is more likely to be Polymorphic Light Eruption, an allergy to the sunshine.
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After all, for most of us, a holiday just isn't a holiday without a bout of prickly heat .
pear
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He was an old countryman with a betel-ravaged mouth, the cancerous tongue sticking helplessly out like a crimson prickly pear .
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Heading up an orange-dirt trail, she passes prickly pear cactus and yucca.
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Did Zenaida burn up, poisoned herself by the robe of prickly pear ?
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Harsh fortresses of prickly pears and shard grass and dead branches block off all escape.
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We could see grassy tracks winding through the fields between stone walls and hedges of prickly pear .
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When they thinned out he headed for the cherry blossoms, then magnolia, chinaberry, pecan, walnut and prickly pear .
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With an Epilady you don't end up with a prickly pear .
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Dance off that burnt passion fruit tart with fresh mango and prickly pear to get a head start on 2001 resolutions.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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prickly bushes
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His cheeks were prickly with a two-day growth of beard.
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Keep prickly plants and bushes away from any paths and seats in the garden.
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Myer carefully avoided the prickly issue of offshore drilling rights.
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Problems at the office were making Todd very prickly .
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Sea urchins and starfish feel prickly to the touch.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A prickly heat pressed against his face; the teakettle made hissing sounds in the night.
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Although they are not completely spiny, they are nevertheless prickly enough to repel all but the most desperate of predators.
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As prickly as a saguaro cactus.
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But his interference in this issue was making her prickly .
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Every president needs a prickly political hairshirt, and Clinton has one in Mario Cuomo.
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My eyes feel all hot and my head's prickly like some one's pulled my hair.
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The prickly distrust had faded to be replaced by an almost oily helpfulness.