raphe or raphé /rāˈfē/

1. A seam-like junction
2. The ridge on the side of an anatropous ovule continuing the funicle to the chalaza (botany)
3. A broad connecting ridge, eg that between the halves of the vertebrate brain

• washing-day
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• washing line
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• washing liquid
• washing machine
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• washing powder
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• washings
• washing-soda
• Washingtonia
• washing-up
• washing-up machine
• washing-up machines
• wash-ins
• wash its face
• washland
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• wash leather
• wash leathers
• wash one's dirty linen at home
• wash one's dirty linen in public
• wash one's hands
• wash one's hands of