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Bites Ineffectually Crossword Clue

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noun

• a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

• the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth

• any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying

• cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

• wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum

• any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

verb

• cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum

• grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty

• become sticky

• exude or form gum

33%6 Where blood flows to one’s ears ineffectually
adverb

• to no avail

33%10Ineffectually
adverb

• in an unfruitful manner

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