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Four-cycle
four-dimensional
four-flusher
four-footed
four-footed butterfly
four-four time
four-hitter
four-hundredth
four-in-hand
four-lane
four-letter Anglo-Saxon word
four-letter word
four-lined leaf bug
four-lined plant bug
four-membered
four-minute man
-- Four-o'clock --
four-o'clock family
four-part harmony
four-party
four-ply
Four-poster
four-pounder
four-sided
four-spot
four-stroke engine
four-stroke internal-combustion engine
four-tailed bandage
Four-way
Four-way cock
Four-way stop
four-wheel
four-wheel drive

Four-o'clock

Four´-o'clock`
n.1.(Bot.) A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady.
2.(Zool.) The friar bird; - so called from its cry, which resembles these words.

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