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barren

1. incapable of producing offspring, seed, or fruit; sterile

2. (of rock strata) having no fossils

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No references found			I climbed the barren mountain, And my gaze swept far and wide For the red-lit eaves of my father's home, And I fancied that he sighed: My son has gone for a soldier, For a soldier night and day; But my son is wise, and may yet return, When the drums have died away. A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context On a nearer approach Barbicane found himself in view of a low, flat country of somewhat barren aspect. From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context From Athens all through the islands of the Grecian Archipelago, we saw little but forbidding sea-walls and barren hills, sometimes surmounted by three or four graceful columns of some ancient temple, lonely and deserted--a fitting symbol of the desolation that has come upon all Greece in these latter ages. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context			barrel distortion barrel drain barrel erosion barrel extension barrel fitting barrel life barrel nipple Barrel Organ barrel plating barrel printer barrel roof barrel shell barrel shell roof barrel shifter Barrel Vault barrel whip barrel-etch reactor barrelhead barreling barrels per calendar day barrels per day barrels per month barrels per stream day Barremian Barremian Layer barren Barren County Barren Ground barren liquor Barren River Lake State Resort Park Barrenness barrens Barrère, Georges Barres, Maurice Barrès, Maurice Barrett, Elizabeth Barrett, Lawrence Barrett, William barretter Barricade barricade shield Barrie Barrie, J. M. Barrie, Sir James Barrientos Ortuño, René Barrier barrier bar barrier basin Barrier Beach barrier capacitance barrier chain			barrelling barrels barrels barrels barrels barrels barrels barrels Barrels of Fluid Per Day Barrels of Liquid Per Day Barrels of Oil Equivalent per Day Barrels of Oil Per Day Barrels of Proved Oil Equivalent Barrels of Water Per Day Barrels per calendar day Barrels per calendar day Barrels per day Barrels per day Barrels per day Barrels per day Barrels per Day Oil Equivalent Barrels Per Hour Barrels Per Minute barrels per month Barrels Per Stream Day Barrels Per Stream Day Barrels/Hundreds of Barrels Barremian Barremian Layer Barremian Stage barren Barren County Barren County Education Association Barren County, Kentucky Barren County, KY Barren flower Barren Ground Barren Ground bear barren ground caribou Barren Grounds Barren Lands barren liquor Barren money Barren money Barren Realms Elite Barren River Animal Welfare Association Barren River Area Development District Barren River District Health Department Barren River Fire Department Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science Barren River Lake State Resort Park Barren River Regional Library barren strawberry barrener barrener barrener barrener barrenest barrenest barrenest barrenest

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