# synset_def_log

synset_new: 80001581-n
synset_old: 80001581-n
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-06-30 01:38:18
def_new:
nowadays, also used to signify one's name or reputation to be of a higher status and worthy of showing off [Lit: signboard with gold-coloured words]

def_old:
nowadays, also used to signify one's name or reputation to be of a higher status and worthy of showing off


synset_new: 80001581-n
synset_old: 80001581-n
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-06-30 01:38:54
def_new:
nowadays, also used to signify one's name or reputation is good, or to be of a higher status and worthy of showing off [Lit: signboard with gold-coloured words]

def_old:
nowadays, also used to signify one's name or reputation to be of a higher status and worthy of showing off [Lit: signboard with gold-coloured words]


synset_new: 80001581-n
synset_old: 80001581-n
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-06-30 01:39:09
def_new:
nowadays, also used to signify one's name or reputation to be good, or to be of a higher status and worthy of showing off [Lit: signboard with gold-coloured words]

def_old:
nowadays, also used to signify one's name or reputation is good, or to be of a higher status and worthy of showing off [Lit: signboard with gold-coloured words]


synset_new: 80001582-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-06-30 02:01:58
def_new:
a food establishment selling inexpensive food, commonly found in It is similar to a food court, except it is usually outdoors, open-air and non-air-conditioned


synset_new: 80001582-n
synset_old: 80001582-n
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-06-30 02:02:59
def_new:
a food establishment selling inexpensive food. It is similar to a food court, except it is usually outdoors, open-air and non-air-conditioned

def_old:
a food establishment selling inexpensive food, commonly found in It is similar to a food court, except it is usually outdoors, open-air and non-air-conditioned


synset_new: 80001583-n
synset_old: 80001583-n
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: the bits and pieces; the details [Lit: bit by bit, drop by drop]
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-06-30 02:54:02
def_new:
the bits and pieces; the details; something formed by the very gradual and slow accumulation of smaller, finer and more minute things  [Lit: bit by bit, drop by drop]


synset_new: 80001586-v
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-05 04:20:38
def_new:
to conserve, store or maintain energy, strength and spirit (so as to be ready for a challenge, battle, etc) [Lit: store energy and conserve strength]


synset_new: 80001588-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-05 06:11:16
def_new:
a station where passengers can change to another line or service for a mode of transportation, or between modes of transportation (eg: from the metro to the bus)


synset_new: 80001589-v
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-07 04:32:39
def_new:
to deliberately find fault in other people or find a problem in something [Lit: to blow one's fur/hair away to look for scars or defects on the skin underneath]


synset_new: 80001591-n
synset_old: 80001591-n
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: used as a classifier (non-sortal) for events such as performances, sports, celebrations, etc
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-07 07:59:26
def_new:
used as a unit, or classifier (non-sortal) for events such as performances and spectacles, sports, celebrations, battles, etc


synset_new: 80001592-v
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-07 11:41:30
def_new:
to reach the point of no return; to press forward by removing all chances of a retreat [Lit: break the cauldrons/pots/kettles and sink the boats]


synset_new: 80001490-a
synset_old: 80001490-a
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-07 11:46:28
def_new:
to be extremely fascinating and captivating, particularly of scenery or arts [Lit: luring someone into where the interesting or beautiful parts are]

def_old:
to be extremely fascinating and captivating， particularly of scenery or arts (Lit: luring someone into where the interesting or beautiful parts are)


synset_new: 80001566-a
synset_old: 80001566-a
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-07 11:52:22
def_new:
to be so good or great, that no words can describe it; to be so great as to defy description; to be indescribably amazing [Lit: to be unspeakably amazing/great]

def_old:
to be so good or great, that no words can describe it; to be great as to defy description; to be indescribably amazing [Lit: to be unspeakably amazing/great]


synset_new: 80001593-v
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-07 11:59:44
def_new:
when many people say and repeat the same thing, however absurd or unfounded, it would be mistakenly accepted to be true [Lit: when three people speak of a non-existent tiger, it becomes real]


synset_new: 80001595-v
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-12 08:43:42
def_new:
to take or bring (by giving, placing, sending, etc) something back to a person whom it belongs to, or a place where it came from or should be


synset_new: 80001598-a
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-13 07:27:38
def_new:
to float in water; used to describe aquatic plants, or leaves of plants, which floats in water (such as water lilies), or those which are submersed


synset_new: 80001600-a
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-19 07:52:14
def_new:
to be surrounded and attacked on all sides, and be isolated and helpless 
[Lit: to have the song of Chu played on all four sides; ie, to have Chu troops on all four sides]


synset_new: 80001600-a
synset_old: 80001600-a
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-19 07:52:46
def_new:
to be surrounded/attacked/besieged on all sides, and be isolated and helpless 
[Lit: to have the song of Chu played on all four sides; ie, to have Chu troops on all four sides]

def_old:
to be surrounded and attacked on all sides, and be isolated and helpless 
[Lit: to have the song of Chu played on all four sides; ie, to have Chu troops on all four sides]


synset_new: 80001601-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-19 11:02:12
def_new:
products which are a combination of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, and supposedly have medical benefits


synset_new: 80001602-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-19 11:06:58
def_new:
a cosmetic product that contains nutritional supplements; similar to a cosmeceutical product, except it is meant to be consumed orally


synset_new: 80001603-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-19 11:19:15
def_new:
a type of riddle game in Chinese culture, with questions emphasising on Chinese words, idioms, sayings and written characters. Usually played during the Lantern Festival, with riddles attached to lanterns


synset_new: 70100647-v
synset_old: 70100647-v
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: salivate with greed
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-19 11:27:33
def_new:
salivate with greed, for food or other objects of desire [Lit: drooping saliva almost dripping (to the ground)]


synset_new: 15136147-n
synset_old: 15136147-n
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-19 11:39:53
def_new:
a period of seven consecutive days (usually reckoned to be from Sunday to Saturday, or from Monday to Sunday)


synset_new: 80001604-v
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-20 08:34:47
def_new:
to wrangle (price, deals, duties, etc), with constant back-forth between parties and their requests/demands. [Lit: one party demands a price, the other returns another demand]


synset_new: 80001609-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-21 07:22:44
def_new:
a type of function word that qualifies or imparts meaning (tense, aspect, case, etc) to a word or phrase


synset_new: 80001609-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-21 07:22:44
def_new:
traditionally, the parts of speech that cannot undergo inflection (such as conjunctions and prepositions)


synset_new: 76100044-x
synset_old: 76100044-x
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-26 09:50:05
def_new:
a sortal classifier used for longitudinal things, such as a snake, a dress, a scarf, a stretch of road, and for an array of abstract things such as a human life, a suggestion, a way out or a strategy

def_old:
a sortal classifier used for longitudinal things, such as a snake, a dress or a scarf, and for an array of abstract things such as a human life, a suggestion, a wayout or a strategy


synset_new: 76100044-x
synset_old: 76100044-x
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-26 09:50:20
def_new:
a sortal classifier used for longitudinal things, such as a snake, a dress, a scarf, a path/road, and for an array of abstract things such as a human life, a suggestion, a way out or a strategy

def_old:
a sortal classifier used for longitudinal things, such as a snake, a dress, a scarf, a stretch of road, and for an array of abstract things such as a human life, a suggestion, a way out or a strategy


synset_new: 80001618-r
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 06:17:07
def_new:
needless to say; not require mention (either because of something being trivial or being taken for granted)


synset_new: 80001618-r
synset_old: 80001618-r
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 06:21:04
def_new:
needless to say; not require or worth a mention (either because of something being trivial or being taken for granted) [LIT: not part of the conversation/not part of that which is mentioned or spoken]

def_old:
needless to say; not require mention (either because of something being trivial or being taken for granted)


synset_new: 80001146-a
synset_old: 80001146-a
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: to gaze or stare fixedly; used to describe great amounts of focus or concentration
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 06:25:34
def_new:
to gaze or stare fixedly; used to describe great amounts of focus or concentration [Lit: one's eyes and sight remain fixed and not move]


synset_new: 80001417-a
synset_old: 80001417-a
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: to have very closed relations, or to belong in the same range (lit: linked by a single vein)
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 06:26:55
def_new:
to have very closed relations, or to belong in the same range [Lit: linked by a single vein/the same vein]


synset_new: 80000244-v
synset_old: 80000244-v
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: to burst with joy; to be extremely delighted
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 06:39:17
def_new:
to burst with joy; to be extremely delighted [Lit: the heart emanates intense joy like the way a flower blooms]


synset_new: 80000358-v
synset_old: 80000358-v
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: to deviate from the norm; to rebel (against the norm/the orthodox)
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 06:44:09
def_new:
to deviate from the norm; to rebel (against the norm/the orthodox)
[Lit: deviate from or rebel against doctrine and teachings]


synset_new: 80000358-v
synset_old: 80000358-v
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 06:56:48
def_new:
to deviate from the norm; to rebel (against the norm/the orthodox)
[Lit: deviate from or rebel against doctrine, teachings and the orthodox]

def_old:
to deviate from the norm; to rebel (against the norm/the orthodox)
[Lit: deviate from or rebel against doctrine and teachings]


synset_new: 80000256-n
synset_old: 80000256-n
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: a position of invincibility; an impregnable position; invincible status
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 06:58:25
def_new:
a position of invincibility; an impregnable position; invincible status [Lit: a place or ground of invincibility]


synset_new: 80000481-v
synset_old: 80000481-v
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: to disappear like smoke and mist; to vanish in a flash
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 07:02:29
def_new:
to disappear like smoke and mist; to vanish in a flash
[Lit: (1) the clouds disappear and fog disperses
(2) the smoke vanishes and the clouds disperse)


synset_new: 80000481-v
synset_old: 80000481-v
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 07:02:44
def_new:
to disappear like smoke and mist; to vanish in a flash
[Lit: (1) the clouds disappear and fog disperses
(2) the smoke vanishes and the clouds disperse]

def_old:
to disappear like smoke and mist; to vanish in a flash
[Lit: (1) the clouds disappear and fog disperses
(2) the smoke vanishes and the clouds disperse)


synset_new: 80000233-a
synset_old: 80000233-a
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: to like or love something so much to not be able to let it go or bear to part with it
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 07:05:07
def_new:
to like or love something so much to not be able to let it go or bear to part with it
[Lit: to love (something) and not let go (of it)]


synset_new: 80001444-a
synset_old: 80001444-a
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 07:07:07
def_new:
to deal with issues or operate by agreeing with others, or to echo others' views (fawningly), yet deep down bears no cordiality or friendliness with them

def_old:
to deal with issues or operate by agreeing with others, or echo others' views (fawningly), yet deep down bears no cordiality or friendliness with them


synset_new: 80001621-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-07-27 10:57:27
def_new:
a type of Chinese proverb that is made up of two parts (with the second part usually understood, or expected to be understood, and thus omitted)


synset_new: 76100102-x
synset_old: 76100102-x
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: takkur
date_update: 2016-07-28 08:20:14
def_new:
a sortal classifier used for time periods which a person or family administers such as a generation, an era, a reign or a rule, and also for the leaders at the times such an emperor, a king or a president

def_old:
a sortal classifier used for time periods which a person or family administers such a generation, an era, a reign or a rule, and also for the leaders at the times such an emperor, a king or a president


synset_new: 76100102-x
synset_old: 76100102-x
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: takkur
usr_old: takkur
date_update: 2016-07-28 08:24:18
def_new:
a sortal classifier used for time periods which a person or family administers such as a generation, an era, a reign or a rule, and also for the leaders at the times such as an emperor, a king or a president

def_old:
a sortal classifier used for time periods which a person or family administers such as a generation, an era, a reign or a rule, and also for the leaders at the times such an emperor, a king or a president


synset_new: 10476671-n
synset_old: 10476671-n
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
usr_new: sohminmin
date_update: 2016-07-29 06:32:31
def_new:
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations


synset_new: 80001112-a
synset_old: 80001112-a
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-08-02 09:16:01
def_new:
difficult to comprehend; enigmatic; cryptic [Lit: a level so high and deep that it is difficult to comprehend]

def_old:
difficult to comprehend; enigmatic; cryptic [Lit: a level so high and deep and thus difficult to comprehend]


synset_new: 80001635-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-08-02 09:50:40
def_new:
a market that sells dry goods, including textiles, electronics, clothes, furniture, spices, etc (as opposed to the wet market)


synset_new: 80001636-a
synset_old: 80001636-a
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: to have double meanings (of word or phrase); to mean more than the surface suggests
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-08-02 10:30:08
def_new:
to have double meanings (of word or phrase), or to mean more than the surface suggests; pun-like/punny


synset_new: 80001637-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-08-02 10:38:54
def_new:
a practice in various Indian religions and philosophies that centres on the cultivation of generosity, giving and charity


synset_new: 80001642-a
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-08-10 09:46:56
def_new:
to describe someone whose future, prospect and potential is unlimited [Lit: future is without measure]


synset_new: 80001642-a
synset_old: 80001642-a
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-08-10 09:47:47
def_new:
to describe someone whose future, prospect and potential is unlimited; describe someone who has a bright future [Lit: future is without measure]

def_old:
to describe someone whose future, prospect and potential is unlimited [Lit: future is without measure]


synset_new: 80001621-n
synset_old: 80001621-n
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-08-11 04:54:04
def_new:
a type of Chinese proverb that is made up of two parts (with the second part usually understood, or expected to be understood, and thus omitted); mainly spoken

def_old:
a type of Chinese proverb that is made up of two parts (with the second part usually understood, or expected to be understood, and thus omitted)


synset_new: 80001644-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-08-11 07:16:16
def_new:
a name which something is commonly known or referred to (as opposed to formal, technical or scientific names)


synset_new: 80001646-r
synset_old: 80001646-r
lang_new: eng
lang_old: eng
def_old: in a manner that is florid/flowery and heavily embellished
usr_new: wangwenjie
usr_old: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-08-25 07:51:08
def_new:
in a manner that is flowery/florid, and marked by elaborate rhetoric and complexity, sometimes excessively so


synset_new: 80001647-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: wangwenjie
date_update: 2016-08-25 08:18:53
def_new:
the care, attention, understanding and respect given to humans/people and their nature, personality, spirit, freedom, needs, desires, thoughts, etc


# synset_ex_log

synset_new: 80000876-n
lang_new: eng
usr_new: nurizdihar
date_update: 2015-06-19 09:51:53
def_new:
My mother always advised me to spend my money on basics instead of on what's fashionable at the moment


synset_new: 03954199-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
l'ho pregato di disegnare una pianta dell'edificio facendo particolare attenzione alla dislocazione del mio ufficio


synset_new: 03895293-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
si accede ad una prima sala piccola con sulla destra un passaggio angusto che porta ad una seconda sala più ampia


synset_new: 07383823-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
Cornelius non volse nemmeno il capo, perché aveva riconosciuto il passo pesante di Grifo nel corridoio


synset_new: 03178782-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
molto suggestivo l’interno di quella chiesa con i dipinti che ricordano il disegno di un tappeto persiano


synset_new: 06390962-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
Manzoni attendeva ancora all'Adelchi quando concepì il disegno di un romanzo storico sulla Lombardia del XVII sec


synset_new: 06825399-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
il simbolino di stampante a sinistra del tipo di carattere significa che questo è un carattere specifico della stampante


synset_new: 03794392-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
sigillare la bocca del recipiente con della carta stagnola e far cuocere per 5 o 6 ore in forno a calore moderato


synset_new: 05577190-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
il piede quadrato, con le dita corte, ben allineate e la pianta larga, è quello meno predisposto a sviluppare deformità delle dita


synset_new: 07048627-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
nel corso del concerto gli interpreti eseguiranno quattro studi per chitarra nella versione per chitarra e fisarmonica.


synset_new: 09450163-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
il Sole è il centro di attrazione dell'enorme numero di corpi celesti che costituiscono il sistema solare


synset_new: 00623162-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
a differenza della rivoluzione industriale, quella informatica non ha comportato un'automazione del lavoro manuale


synset_new: 04258982-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
il primo rimedio è adottare scarpe a pianta larga e con tacco non più alto di quattro o cinque centimetri


synset_new: 04227144-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
l'altare, progettato dall'architetto Siciliano, si ispirò agli studi di Michelangelo per l'altare della Confessione della Basilica Vaticana


synset_new: 08002578-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
una grande compagnia farmaceutica era quasi riuscita a far passare sotto silenzio una sbalorditiva ricerca su un anti-cancro naturale


synset_new: 03538037-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
ginnastica attrezzistica o artistica: specialità agonistica che si compone di esercizi ai grandi attrezzi (anelli, parallele, cavallo con maniglie, sbarra, trave...)


synset_new: 03624767-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
Il cavallo, pur essendo un pezzo a corta gittata, ha il pregio di poter saltare qualunque altro pezzo


synset_new: 08490199-n
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
i fatti degli ultimi giorni dovrebbero spingere i lettori a riflettere su quel che accade in casa propria


synset_new: 01406180-a
lang_new: ita
date_update: 2015-10-08 13:37:33
def_new:
ho dato al mio figlio adottivo la stessa educazione tradizionale che avrei dato a un figlio naturale


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con il trasferimento del citoplasma di una donna donatrice nell'ovocita della madre naturale non si può parlare di due madri, ma piuttosto di un'unica vera madre del bambino, colei che lo ha portato in grembo


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in tutte queste opere c'è la mano di un architetto che le ha progettate e la mano dell'artista che le ha decorate


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le pianure lunari sono circa una ventina, le più vaste  sono il "Mare delle Piogge", il "Mare della Serenità", il "Mare della Tranquillità", il "Mare della Fecondità


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il sinergismo cerca di riconciliare due verità paradossali: la sovranità di Dio e la responsabilità morale dell'uomo


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non riesco a leggere le lettere interne, o non posso leggere le ultime lettere delle parole più lunghe


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Allegro molto vivace 8 minuti e 39 di puro virtuosismo!!Questo tempo l’ho studiato come una pazza, era diventato il mio incubo!


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molti pesci abissali, pur di non farsi scappare le poche prede, hanno sviluppato una bocca enorme, con denti lunghissimi


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stava rientrando in Italia per riprendere il suo posto a scuola, dopo aver trascorso l'estate a lavorare in missione


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l'erosione e il disfacimento del suolo rendono sempre più difficile la coltivazione del campo di grano


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Cercare di soddisfare i propri desideri con il possesso è come cercare di spegnere il fuoco con la paglia


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sanno bene che lavorare la terra non è una specialità, bensì la natura della nostra vita e della vita della nostra famiglia


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per vincere la guerra contro il cancro del polmone, è necessario vincere dapprima la battaglia contro il fumo


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come avrebbe potuto una qualunque persona identificare quella cosa che c'era al 13 di Miller's Court?


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volevo appuntarmi qualche passaggio del libro, ma ho desistito perchè avrei dovuto sottolinearlo tutto


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alle dieci riusciamo finalmente a partire con una comoda macchina giapponese ed un timido autista zoppo


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è un passo difficile da compiere, ma è indispensabile per la sopravvivenzadella Chiesa in molti Paesi


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quelli che hai descritto sono i tipici utilizzatori di bicicletta, per la serie uso questa cosa per arrivare un attimo dal giornalaio


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quando si dà una piccola scossa a una corda tesa la forma della corda cambia nel tempo in modo regolare


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questi prodotti si possono applicare anche sull'addome, nel giro-vita e in qualunque altrazona in cui si sia instaurata la cellulite


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nella famiglia italiana tradizionale la donna fa la casalinga e passa molto tempoai fornelli per preparare da mangiare


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avete bisogno di perfezionare le tecniche, imparare nuove ricette e migliorarelaspetto dei vostri piatti: così stare ai fornelli diventerà un piacere!


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il soggetto-alunno riorganizza, integra e sviluppa, in modo continuo, le sue esperienze e le sue competenze


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il disegno può essere eseguito su una superficie piana, come un foglio di carta, una tela, ma anche su una parete, come accade quando si prepara un affresco


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le nuove regole europee sul trattamento equo in materia di lavoro dovranno essere incluse nel corpo legislativo nazionale da tutti gli stati membri


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when I became aware of the ball coming flying at my broken left arm, I instantly give my right arm to it to protect


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the titles of the triple crown break down into the batting average king, the homer king and the run king


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The police has been searching for witnesses of the traffic accident which happened between a car and a bicycle yesterday


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United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929 )


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first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292 )


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incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies


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the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085 )


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the total value of all income in a nation (wages and profits and interest and rents and pension payments) during a given period (usually 1 yr)


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an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation


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dispenser consisting of a tubular ring around the propeller hub of an airplane through which antifreeze solution is spread over the blades


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tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods


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renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced kidney function and blood in the urine


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obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness


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of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum


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Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204 )


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a machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge


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scientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant results


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United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881 )


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the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus


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relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles


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a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water


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a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions


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large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin


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having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament


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English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797 )


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a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands


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pertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis


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display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor


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a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River


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an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube


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a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players


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when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated


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membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth


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represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap


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a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes


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an artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead


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a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs


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a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill


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a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated


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disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs


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south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia


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a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit


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an equilibrium between the amounts of electrolytes (as calcium and sodium and potassium) that is essential for normal health and functioning


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any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries


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densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark


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a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications


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often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form)


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an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education


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the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day


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a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War


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Italian pope from 440 to 461 who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (440-461 )


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an electronic device in a computer that issues a steady high-frequency signal that synchronizes all the internal components


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knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence


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an error of language resulting from code that does not conform to the syntax of the programming language


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large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin


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a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions


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deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle


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glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering


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the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century


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the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the urinary tract or urogenital system


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the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)


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convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali


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a tort based on willful and malicious interference with the marriage relation by a third party without justification or excuse


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armed forces censorship of the personal communications of officers or civilian employees or enlisted personnel not subject to primary censorship


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Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519 )


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salvation is limited to those who are subject to supernatural determinism and the rest are assigned to perdition


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a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone


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a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814


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an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor


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an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit


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United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)


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a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed


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dental treatment that corrects irregularities of the teeth or of the relation of the teeth to surrounding anatomy


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user wears special goggles and fiber optic gloves etc., and can enter and move about in this world and interact with objects as if inside it


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the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)


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loss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balance


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a rod that transmits motion (especially one that connects a rotating wheel to a reciprocating shaft)


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a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 (a successor to the Richter scale) that enables seismologists to compare the energy released by different earthquakes on the basis of the area of the geological fault that ruptured in the quake


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a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4)


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he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946 )


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lightly sauteed veal cutlets spread with a Soubise sauce and liver paste then sprinkled with grated Parmesan and baked briefly


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therapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clot


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an aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues


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used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations


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a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America


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Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906 )


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any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters


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one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands


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the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA


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an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later


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any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers


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an area in an airport where arriving passengers can collect the luggage that has been carried in the hold of the aircraft


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an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation


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a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination


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irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents


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a database management system that allows strings of text (`objects') to be processed as a complex network of nodes that are linked together in an arbitrary way


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a security that makes no interest payments but instead is sold at a deep discount from its face value


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yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground


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the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb


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United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)


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a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits


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large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America


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a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant


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the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones


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Japanese molecular biologist noted for his studies of how the immune system produces antibodies (born in 1939)


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usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds


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an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)


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a television system in which the signal is transmitted to an orbiting satellite that receives the signal and amplifies it and transmits it back to earth


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distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions


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a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey


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bandage consisting of a medical dressing of plain absorbent gauze held in place by a plastic or fabric tape coated with adhesive


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a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom


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United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993 )


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a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder


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a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)


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woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries


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the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms


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using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')


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近い継承、特にいくつかが省略されるかもしれないところにおいていくつかの接続詞を使うこと（『he ran and jumped and laughed for joy（彼は喜びのあまり走って、とんで、笑った）』のように）


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an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature


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formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities


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belief of the Roman Catholic Church that God protects the pope from error when he speaks about faith or morality


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German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855 )


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used to absorb light in sun tan lotions or as a preservative or an antiseptic or a coating for pills in which the medicine is intended for enteric release


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a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations


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a clandestine military or paramilitary team who murder political dissidents or petty criminals (usually with the government's tacit approval)


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an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency


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change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances


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enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels


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a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade


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a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment


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the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia


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a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly


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severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein


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a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod


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any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors


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inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever


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a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins


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any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)


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drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially


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of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart)


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an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan


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a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)


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a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random


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skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls


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United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969 )


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a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange


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the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable


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street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings


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the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball


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true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales


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in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise


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a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key


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a violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquid


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composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps


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a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career


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holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill


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a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)


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someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)


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negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time


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support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)


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a roller coaster that goes up 200 feet or higher and can catapult riders from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds by motors originally designed to launch rockets


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English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873 )


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a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity


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the final match of any cup competition (such as the annual final of the English soccer competition at Wembley)


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a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing


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clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)


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he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363 )


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an underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction


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United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972 )


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a trancelike state in which the person can follow instructions but voluntary action is weak or absent


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a skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules


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(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use


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anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events


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characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority


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something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)


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a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I


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the main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea


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reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts


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the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether or not the conditioned response occurs until eventually the neutral stimulus comes to evoke the reflex


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United States labor leader (born in England) who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 (1850-1924 )


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United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995 )


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a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane


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squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges


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being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player


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excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone)


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a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried


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capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction


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pressure applied anywhere to a body of fluid causes a force to be transmitted equally in all directions


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a heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring


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subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)


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a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases


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a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience


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of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another


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a form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more


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the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone


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English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969 )


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Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909 )


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an artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery


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the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults)


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drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines


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hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness)


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heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832 )


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German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716 )


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the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest


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characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)


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the Vatican Council in 1869-1870 that proclaimed the infallibility of the pope when speaking ex cathedra


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king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)


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the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times


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(of goods and merchandise) labeled with proprietary (and legally registered) identification guaranteeing exclusive use


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an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I


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a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)


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gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs


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a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters


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the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions


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a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste


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United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003 )


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a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell


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the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)


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the political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union


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the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries)


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compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated


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the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis into that solution when it is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane


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a revolution for agrarian reforms led in northern Mexico by Pancho Villa and in southern Mexico by Emiliano Zapata (1910-1911 )


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Hindu solar holiday at the beginning of the new astrological year when the sun enters the constellation Aries


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any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers


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a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface


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someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods


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a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance


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tavern with an outdoor area (usually resembling a garden) where beer and other alcoholic drinks are served


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any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms


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United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000 )


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characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality


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native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers


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a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving board


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a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match)


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a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions


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German physicist who with Bunsen pioneered spectrum analysis and formulated two laws governing electric networks (1824-1887 )


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related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people


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was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat


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involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease)


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a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people


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the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks


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very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs


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an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules


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reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)


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the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs


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a fungus that has an off-white cap when it is young but later becomes dingy brown and a stalk of the same color


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impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots)


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tetracycline antibacterial (trade name Declomycin) effective in the treatment of some bacterial and rickettsial and other infections


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any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system)


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British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940 )


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a severe and rapid and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reaction to a substance (especially a vaccine or penicillin or shellfish or insect venom) to which the organism has become sensitized by previous exposure


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a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something


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small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers


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cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside


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Russian revolutionary who was head of state after Nicholas II abdicated but was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (1881-1970 )


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television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam


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any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers


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a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them


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heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature


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a cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs


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statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (1924-1999 )


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perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America


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a measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms


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an unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price


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the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature


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United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914 )


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a presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC)


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a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves


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chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia


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a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation


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a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill


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a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid)


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Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)


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suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them


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any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)


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a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)


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a diagram that uses circles to represent mathematical or logical sets pictorially inside a rectangle (the universal set)


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a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prize


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a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship)


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a school of French cooking that uses light sauces and tries to bring out the natural flavors of foods instead of making heavy use of butter and cream


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a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island


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either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement


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sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit


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instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity


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the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island


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French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns


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repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling)


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conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus


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a bomb that explodes in midair and releases a massive burst of electromagnetic energy sufficient to disable computers and telecommunications without killing people or damaging buildings


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a histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux


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large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters


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any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs


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excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood


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Italian pope from 1623 to 1644 who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (1568-1644 )


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small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States


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the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties


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a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay


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fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)


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mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs


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a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath


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the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint


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any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order


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a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)


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a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies


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the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential


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the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals


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a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements


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the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations


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a loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them alone


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the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)


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the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs


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the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience


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adhesions between the iris and the lens or cornea resulting from trauma or eye surgery or as a complication of glaucoma or cataract


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someone who personally delivers a process (a writ compelling attendance in court) or court papers to the defendant


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a contract which, in the event of a breach by one of the parties, can be considered as several independent agreements expressed in a single instrument


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a pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775


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the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation


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a cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink


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a chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue


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a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century


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in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy


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the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it


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having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables


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any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori


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a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in Maryland between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac river


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painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency


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English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975 )


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tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers


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a medical institution that provides prolonged care (as in cases of prolonged illness or rehabilitation from acute illness)


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a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities


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a witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter


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a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington


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a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian)


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South African succulent evergreen twining climber with yellow flowers grown primarily as a houseplant for its foliage


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three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina


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erect branching herb cultivated for its loose racemes of fragrant white or pink or red or lilac flowers


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a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal


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casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs


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consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail


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a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party


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English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823 )


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characterized by stylized natural forms and sinuous outlines of such objects as leaves and vines and flowers


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Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)


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an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli


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an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States


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a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare


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an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force


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pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe


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Vedic texts from the fifth and fourth centuries BC dealing with phonetics and ritual injunctions and linguistics and grammar and etymology and lexicography and prosody and astronomy and astrology


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the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores


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an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification


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a knit fabric similar to jersey that is made with two sets of needles producing a double thickness joined by interlocking stitches


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the coils are arranged to give zero resultant external magnetic field when a current passes through them and to have zero electromotive force induced in them by an external magnetic field


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United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935 )


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the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning


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Italian statesman and scholar who supported many artists and humanists including Michelangelo and Leonardo and Botticelli (1449-1492 )


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European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery


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facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)


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a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt


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irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play


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Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)


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any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles


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marketing research that yields information about the motives and needs of different classes of consumers


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a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')


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an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation


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a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court


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any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers


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a perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior


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a market in which a commodity is bought or sold for immediate delivery or delivery in the very near future


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the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)


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United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872 )


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Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923 )


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a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator


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the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417 )


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any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt


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an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion


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the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.


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optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens


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the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide


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the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment


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a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass


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a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it


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the alphabet of 28 characters derived from Aramaic and used for writing Arabic languages (and borrowed for writing Urdu)


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an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds


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a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams


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archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane


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an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945 )


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the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed


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given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system


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the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)


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English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851 )


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a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level


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arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves


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a second test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by an outside organization


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a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell


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United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938 )


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any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles


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measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure


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deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems


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associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money


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sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds


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French pope from 1362 to 1370 who tried to reestablish the papacy in Rome but in 1367 returned to Avignon hoping to end the war between France and England


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the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system


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a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level


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a river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows generally southwestward across eastern Tennessee to the Tennessee River


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pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time


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a toxic gas that is inhaled or absorbed through the skin and has harmful effects on the nervous and respiratory system


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the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes


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the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money


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any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods


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autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis


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a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure


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an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time


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an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year


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the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof


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(of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles


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large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks


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a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation


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shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers


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fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers


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a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties


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English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded


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an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign


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a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs


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any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes


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the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur


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a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system


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the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon


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a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions)


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a breathing apparatus used for resuscitation by forcing oxygen into the lungs of a person who has undergone asphyxia or arrest of respiration


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a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body


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beta derivative of hydroxybutyric acid that is found in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism


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they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first


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the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist


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Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous grey-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened


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a toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals


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an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells)


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Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939 )


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a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds


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a rare form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone that regulates the kidneys)


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characterized by the chronic excretion of large amounts of pale dilute urine which results in dehydration and extreme thirst


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either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck


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a toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective


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of or relating to automobile tires that have a strip under the tread and relatively little stiffening in the sidewalls


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used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver


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one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs


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possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done


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the school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy


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a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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the traditional dress of Vietnamese women consisting of a tunic with long sleeves and panels front and back


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any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental


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a ladder consisting of segments (usually four) that are held together by joints that can lock in place


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the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference


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a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites


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an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year


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a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex


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American herb of genus Blephilia with more or less hairy leaves and clusters of purplish or bluish flowers


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one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes


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a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position


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the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all


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a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity


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the freedom of teachers and students to express their ideas in school without religious or political or institutional restrictions


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the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes


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a gilled fungus with a long stalk and a yellow slimy cap from which fragments of the broken veil hang


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supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders


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a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)


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a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid


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United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937)


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can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)


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made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826 )


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a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs


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a self-luminous diode (it glows when an electrical field is applied to the electrodes) that does not require backlighting or diffusers


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a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering


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a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions


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French writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989 )


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the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans


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a compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute)


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United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928)


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a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them


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dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of the ankle) itch persistently


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British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964 )


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someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers


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the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery)


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the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring


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occasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license


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United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917 )


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hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike


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a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations


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Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221 )


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a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)


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a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California


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United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964 )


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Italian pope from 1691 to 1700 who abolished nepotism within the church hierarchy and was universally loved for his charity and piety


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French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908 )


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Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798 )


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United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955 )


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funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits


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Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819 )


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United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001 )


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gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs)


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gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel)


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United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962 )


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complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent


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rear gunsight having an adjustable eyepiece with a small aperture through which the front sight and the target are aligned


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hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303 )


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the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)


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bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something


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king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)


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a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)


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members of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the formation of gametes and are distributed to different gametes so that every gamete receives only one member of the pair


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Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930 )


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atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward


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aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar


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a Gnostic religion originating the 2nd and 3rd centuries that believes John the Baptist was the Messiah and that incorporates Jewish and Christian elements into a framework of dualistic beliefs


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the rate of change of prices (as indicated by a price index) calculated on a monthly or annual basis


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United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)


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medical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factors


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a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise


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the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice


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hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions


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an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited


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having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center


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English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement (1792-1866 )


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either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits


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barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions


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Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles


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bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom


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the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions


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someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination


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well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays


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United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960 )


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a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation


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after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461 )


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shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales


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a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions)


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French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826 )


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a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck


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difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips


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a vitamin of the vitamin B complex that performs an important role in the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates and certain amino acids


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a port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island


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edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant


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that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead


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a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice


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Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974 )


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chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil


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an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911


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an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest


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headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council


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review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court


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largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs


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has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut


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a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups)


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United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991 )


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veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses


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animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels


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an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)


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a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered


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primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue


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a native or inhabitant of Galatia in Asia Minor (especially a member of a people believed to have been Gauls who conquered Galatia in the 3rd century BC)


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a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs


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a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses


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an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army


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primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework


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Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection


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French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852 )


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any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals


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the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction


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an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods


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of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable')


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a presocratic Greek philosopher and associate of Anaximander who believed that all things are made of air in different degrees of density (6th century BC)


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the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing


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an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat


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United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961 )


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appears to be a stimulant for appetite and feeding, but is also a strong stimulant of growth hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary


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acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs


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a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type


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the elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object


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a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals


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a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)


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a rare genetic condition characterized by an eruption of exposed skin occurring in childhood and photosensitivity with severe sunburn


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inherited as a recessive autosomal trait in which DNA repair processes are defective so they are more likely to chromosome breaks and cancers when exposed to ultraviolet light


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the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)


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any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used


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usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit


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a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)


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inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia)


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Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia who signed the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War (1608-1657 )


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a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down


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United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959 )


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large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers


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the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal


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commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies


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each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey


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Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire


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large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys


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impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature


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one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval


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creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire


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hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring


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British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939)


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unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion


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gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color


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an ink that contains particles of a magnetic substance whose presence can be detected by magnetic sensors


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one of two principles of heredity formulated by Gregor Mendel on the basis of his experiments with plants


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containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns


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French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707 )


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resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points


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close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination


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a blood vessel in a fetus that bypasses pulmonary circulation by connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the ascending aorta


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position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)


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American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)


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orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers


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the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe


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transmitted from person to person (most often in children or in adults with impaired immune function)


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press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area


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military censorship of civilian communications (correspondence or printed matter of films) entering or leaving of circulating within territories controlled by armed forces


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an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia


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in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny


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a method of controlling the flight of a missile by commands originating from the ground or from another missile


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investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)


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a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously


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a philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account


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a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines


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the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)


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the use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operations


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an antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily


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New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)


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electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers)


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English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)


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abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west


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a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars


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a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments


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a hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)


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a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact


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they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid


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when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell


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a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood


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the appliance usually consists of two indented metal pans hinged together so that they create a pattern on the waffle


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a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)


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digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase


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the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer


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a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border


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any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers


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any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice


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one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church


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a sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple form


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under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century


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he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975)


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any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism)


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Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers


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an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives


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a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck)


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a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops


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a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments


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a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries


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characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil)


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prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization


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a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)


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special cell constituting the base of the basidium in various fungi especially of the order Tremellales


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a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways


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the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight


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a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast


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elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme


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the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels


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a mail pouch that is sealed shut and that is used to carry communications between a legation and its home office


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any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers


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a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense


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trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality


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any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers


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English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)


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the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)


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an inappropriate and excessive reaction to an allergen (as pollen or dust or animal hair or certain foods)


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large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp


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a military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forces


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a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans


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nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America


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electrical signals produced by unwanted sources (atmospherics or receiver noise or unwanted transmitters)


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stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces


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the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations


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high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis


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any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers


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inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism


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the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means


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United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan


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long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the Sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th century


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a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s


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a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified X-rays


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an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest


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regulator consisting of a small cock or faucet or valve for letting out air or releasing compression or draining


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the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)


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the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)


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renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896)


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the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth


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dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red


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a surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat closed-angle glaucoma


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a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula


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semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation


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an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments


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a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb


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a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students


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an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer


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the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution


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a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores


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the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)


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flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting


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the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain and eyes and internal parts of the head


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a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction


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now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal


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produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve


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very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.


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movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens


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a terrorist organization formed in 1979 by a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine but disbanded in the 1980s when key members left to join a faction of al-Fatah


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British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the technique of the participant observer (1884-1942)


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a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees


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attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen


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a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to pay more for the shares needed to gain control than for the remaining shares


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acquired encephalopathy following acute viral infections (especially influenza or chicken pox) in young children


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a measuring instrument for measuring changes in volume of a part or organ or whole body (usually resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood it contains)


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an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena


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call in turn from right to left or from back to front numbers that determine some position or function


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a protease inhibitor (trade name Viracept) used in treating HIV usually in combination with other drugs


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a region on the Black Sea to the south of the Caucasus that was the site of an ancient country where (according to Greek mythology) Jason sought the Golden Fleece


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an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions


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disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned


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a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program


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dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve


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during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs


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a specialist in the history of the Teutonic people or language (especially with respect to the Teutonic influence on the history of England)


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a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function


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characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver


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a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract)


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any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle


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United States film maker (born in Poland) who founded his own film company and later merged with Louis B. Mayer (1882-1974)


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the conditions under which an insurance company will issue insurance to an applicant (based on standards set by the insurance company)


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Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572)


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a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese


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a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter


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persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)


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a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation


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Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)


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sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food


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general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)


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redefined the Roman Catholic doctrine and abolished various ecclesiastical abuses and strengthened the papacy


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showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots


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container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used


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now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan


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rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems


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originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain)


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the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere)


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Danish philosopher who is generally considered along with Nietzsche, to be a founder of existentialism (1813-1855)


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fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content


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relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star)


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distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds


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the second of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC


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she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife


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an international intelligence agency permitting collaboration among intelligence agencies around the world


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astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources


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a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States


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the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it


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use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed


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United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906)


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the branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number)


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abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)


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the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)


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hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes


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a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available


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slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days


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an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value


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mayonnaise and heavy cream combined with chopped green pepper and green onion seasoned with chili sauce and Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice


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theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissociate to give hydroxyl ions)


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United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)


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hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body


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rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph


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lien to secure payment for work and materials in erecting or repairing a building or other structure


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a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence


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the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)


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a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate


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a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)


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a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions


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a theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelation


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United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won nine Wimbledon women's singles championships (born in 1956)


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mask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockey


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a member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern Maine


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treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles)


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any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis


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device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like


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United States mathematician (born in Austria) who is remembered principally for demonstrating the limitations of axiomatic systems (1906-1978)


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a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page


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a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg


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there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689)


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return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year


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extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth


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caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord


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English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)


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a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide


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surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth


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a definition of a function from which values of the function can be calculated in a finite number of steps


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English economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946)


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acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream)


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German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)


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structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results


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United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931)


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German mathematician (born in Russia) who suggested the concept of four-dimensional space-time (1864-1909)


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a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances


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a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine


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the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year)


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Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)


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a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors


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English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology


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United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)


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United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill


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dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases


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a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA


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a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream


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characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions


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Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches


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school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith


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of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War


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tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down


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a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind


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the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission


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produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate


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a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae


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possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes)


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a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)


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cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment


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the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids


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control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically


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that time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation)


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located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River


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a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same


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the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'


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small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower


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a self-report personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)


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a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers


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from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time


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patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards


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the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on


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an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries


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veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot


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bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters


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loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor


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the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism


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a cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis


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shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference


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a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals


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large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks


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a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian


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any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body


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it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus)


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widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon)


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a non-Euclidean geometry in which the parallel axiom is replaced by the assumption that through any point in a plane there are two or more lines that do not intersect a given line in the plane


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small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite


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income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)


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congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex


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French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models


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(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms


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a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge


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the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)


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any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers


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in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations


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a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho


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the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson


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one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes


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any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills


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Canadian physicist who bounced neutron beams off of atomic nuclei to study the structure of matter (1918-2003)


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organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes


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a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization


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any social process undertaken by governments who want their citizens to believe they are trying to avoid armed hostilities


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especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field


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any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus


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an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands


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the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula


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a number of electrons (equal to the atomic number) occupy the rest of the volume of the atom and neutralize the positive charge


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the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms


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entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections


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slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component


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a city of southern Poland whose church contains the statue of the black Madonna which attracts many pilgrims


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Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)


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large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail


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a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points


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hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration


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Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)


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a shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employment


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a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled


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the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response


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a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy


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an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories


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storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored


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in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558


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a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order)


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halved hard-cooked egg with the yolk mashed with mayonnaise and seasonings and returned to the white


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a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in


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an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to act on receptors in the brain


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a branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D.


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exposure to infectious agents that can be transmitted by the respiratory route and which can cause serious infection


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an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase)


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connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments


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an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members


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unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance


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United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording


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(of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)


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English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852)


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the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil


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Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)


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the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical suppression of bone marrow etc.)


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French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911)


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the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors


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shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States


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the ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area networks)


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small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals


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explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene


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English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655)


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soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)


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bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves


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loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)


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large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches


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client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished


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the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second


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a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers


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jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)


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removal of the gall bladder through small punctures in the abdomen to permit the insertion of a laparoscope and surgical instruments


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a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415


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orchid having a raceme of large greenish-white flowers on a single flower stalk growing between two elliptic or round basal leaves lying on the ground


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slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled


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Italian theologian who censured the worldly possessions of monks and the temporal power of bishops and was condemned for dogmatic errors by the Second Lateran Council (early 12th century)


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of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle


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a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death


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a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan


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a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein


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intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos


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of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)


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he taught that all men had a right to search for knowledge of God and that spiritual liberation could be attained by meditating on the name of God (1469-1538)


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usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels


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ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Zeno of Citium as the leader of the Stoic school (300-232 BC)


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reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current


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a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen)


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produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity


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a coenzyme similar to NAD and present in most living cells but serves as a reductant in different metabolic processes


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an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon


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his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)


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a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations)


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characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries


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unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels


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a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)


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panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall


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investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business)


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the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill


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a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs


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curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base


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a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe


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balsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks


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any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears


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the period of time taken for the moon to make one full rotation on its axis (about 27.3 sidereal days)


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during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)


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a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River


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either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather


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sterile solution of globulins derived from the blood plasma of a person who has been immunized for tetanus


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provides short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus


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a Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution


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evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers


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plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes


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write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)


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the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers


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English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)


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interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial


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nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing


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the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates


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a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change


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settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands


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single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase


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a private firm that maintains consumer credit data files and provides credit information to authorized users for a fee


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the Israeli military intelligence which produces comprehensive national intelligence briefings for the prime minister and the cabinet


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a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes


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a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849)


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a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy


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phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase


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toiletry consisting of a liquid preparation containing many small bubbles that soften the beard before shaving


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a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop


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a blanket containing and electric heating element that can be controlled to the desired temperature by a rheostat


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the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)


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infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation


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a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law


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line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football


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an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future


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a delayed type of allergic reaction of the skin resulting from skin contact with a specific allergen (such as poison ivy)


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electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds


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a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)


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two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents flow: the sum of all the currents at a point is zero and the sum of the voltage gains and drops around any closed circuit is zero


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of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep


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meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food)


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binocular microscope used in surgery to provide a clear view of small and inaccessible parts of the body (as in microsurgery)


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an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district


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beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic ganglia)


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the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse


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a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range


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all of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment


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a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)


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natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)


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any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States)


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the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away


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Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top


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deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally


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holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object


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oil consisting chiefly of olein that is expressed from lard and used especially as a lubricant, cutting oil or illuminant


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in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops


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printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information


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the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714


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United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973)


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United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932)


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was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar


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low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea


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Napoleon attacked the Papal States and in 1797 Pius VI was taken to France where he died (1717-1799)


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marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse


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the large temple of the Greek goddess Artemis which was begun at Ephesus in 541 BC and completed 220 years later


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Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882)


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undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities


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English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)


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extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails


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United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)


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accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine


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a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings


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infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection


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a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)


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equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin


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forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning


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American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)


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sexual activity (especially sexual intercourse) with the use of measures (such as latex condoms) to avoid the transmission of disease (especially AIDS)


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reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc


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an archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland


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an organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty


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uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row)


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a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends


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mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine


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it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan


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explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords


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English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928)


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alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay


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commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle


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genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment


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official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)


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a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products)


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hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus


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of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther


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a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries


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characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches


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that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts


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daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)


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nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps


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a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis


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elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)


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a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah


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a penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci


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enema in which a contrast medium (usually barium sulfate) is injected into the rectum and X-rays are taken to search for lesions


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investors receive a portion of the interest payments on the mortgages as well as the principal payments


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Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931)


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admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning


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American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809)


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a test based on blood groups to determine whether a particular man could be the biological father of a particular child


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medium-sized larch of northeastern Russia and Siberia having narrowly conic crown and soft narrow bright-green leaves


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check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard


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a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians


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wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero


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a synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections


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a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt)


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United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957)


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the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels


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a bombing run in which the bomber approaches the target at a low altitude and pulls up just before releasing the bomb


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a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang


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the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter


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the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty


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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment


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an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles


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English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)


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(used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception


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a loose one-piece garment worn to protect the wearer against dangerous biological or chemical agents


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the legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)


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Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars


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one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills


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any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower


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gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes


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a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it


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a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people


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a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling)


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a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army


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English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877)


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a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers


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a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War)


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a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land)


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a cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses


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any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically


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Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614)


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a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation


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United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)


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serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb


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part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia (between the Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands) that is icebound most of the year


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a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions


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a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies


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American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794)


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common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs


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Italian pope from 1846 to 1878 who in 1854 declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary


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United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)


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an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city


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common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers


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a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)


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to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future)


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has provided information about chemical and biological and nuclear warfare to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda and the Taliban


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wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value


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Italian painter noted for his realistic depiction of religious subjects and his novel use of light (1573-1610)


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the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society


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art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together)


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Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002)


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an androgenic compound contained in drugs that are used to treat testosterone deficiency and female breast cancer and to stimulate growth and weight gain


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the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb


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a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment


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any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers


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a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time


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Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907)


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using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram)


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Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)


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small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States


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grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet


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British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)


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indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vehicle (or fomite) touches a person's body or is ingested


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any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration


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spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed


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an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips


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a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen


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the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus


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a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier


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rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle to form traps


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either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting


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a member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore


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somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected


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any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions


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the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata


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contributions are made from your salary before taxes and the funds grow tax-free until they are withdrawn, at which point they can be converted into an IRA


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funds can be transferred if you change employers and you can (to some extent) manage the investments yourself


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a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)


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a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder)


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a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time


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syphilis of the spinal cord characterized by degeneration of sensory neurons and stabbing pains in the trunk and legs and unsteady gait and incontinence and impotence


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a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children)


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an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest


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the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle


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Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928)


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away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge


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especially the right of a common shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of a company


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the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick


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a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher


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fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.


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plant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper part


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a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue)


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a Crusade under papal control from 1218 to 1221 that achieved military victories but failed when dissension arose over accepting the terms they had been offered


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a legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure)


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a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise


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any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit


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coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop


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the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)


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machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it


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the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies


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the fruiting body is thin and tough and saucer-shaped (about the size of quarter to a half dollar) with a deep bright red upper surface and a whitish exterior


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a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood)


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a method of psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client determines the focus and pace of each session


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an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite


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a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability


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their failure to detect any influence of the earth's motion on the velocity of light was the starting point for Einstein's theory of relativity


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genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits


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the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world


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peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood


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United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963)


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Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)


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a fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturity


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United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)


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a number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure


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an antagonist used to counteract the effects of narcotics (especially to counteract the depression of respiration)


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any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids


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formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964


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continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas


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a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others


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derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died


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a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups


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king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC)


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a colorless crystalline compound found in unripe fruit (such as apples or tomatoes or cherries) and used mainly to make polyester resins


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large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known


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a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc


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the displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that point


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old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat


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the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life


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large (20-ft ) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot


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thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction


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a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other


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the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form


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tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines


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Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)


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biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces


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especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices


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a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale


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a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity


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representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production


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a measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser


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change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent


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in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch


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United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)


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the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)


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neither compelled testimony or any fruits of it can be used against the witness who therefore can no longer fear self-incrimination


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causes intense abdominal cramps and diarrhea that begins 8-22 hours after consumption of foods containing large numbers of these bacteria


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any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop


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a political party (especially in Great Britain or Australia) that believes in the importance of a capitalist economy with private ownership rather than state control


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fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)


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generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives


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a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body


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a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action


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not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend


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a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed


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the process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different form


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a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture


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any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD


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administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection)


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a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life


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United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)


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a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members


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any cell that has a specific receptor for an antigen or antibody or hormone or drug, or is the focus of contact by a virus or phagocyte or nerve fiber etc.


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the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays


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any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts


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Italian pope from 1198 to 1216 who instituted the Fourth Crusade and under whom papal intervention in European politics reached its height (1161-1216)


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score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone


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English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)


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any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense


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regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system


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English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)


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a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China


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American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643)


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formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman


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the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs


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the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event


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a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis


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an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost


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they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood


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various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite


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a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests


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therapy based on a theory that taking very large doses of vitamins will prevent or cure physical or psychological disorders


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dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books


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a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)


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inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes


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formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979


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the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related


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the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease


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an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.


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small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers


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large artery that branches from the brachial artery to supply the muscles of the forearm and wrist and hand


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a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine


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when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated


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the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not)


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intelligence derived from electromagnetic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactive sources)


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an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds


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a hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes


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includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind


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any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck


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guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect


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four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce


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admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings


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periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division


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a transparent paperlike product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc.


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a theorem describing how the conditional probability of a set of possible causes for a given observed event can be computed from knowledge of the probability of each cause and the conditional probability of the outcome of each cause


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a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited)


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when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War


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a Greek who was a Christian theologian active in Alexandria and who was declared a heretic for his doctrines about God (which came to be known as Arianism) (256?-336)


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characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands


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caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth


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eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant


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in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)


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the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity


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a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama


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a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)


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a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire


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a 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding


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author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)


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feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat


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small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles


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a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species


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the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission


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United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851)


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an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry


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any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids


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usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives)


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measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source


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it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens


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any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus


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provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather


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Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads


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marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together


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a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms


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passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue


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syndrome in males that is characterized by small testes and long legs and enlarged breasts and reduced sperm production and mental retardation


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the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth


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rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific


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a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters


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a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia


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German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900)


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surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)


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modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations


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an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)


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an optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it


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the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States


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being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop


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an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit


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a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door


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the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him


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United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)


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American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785)


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line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable


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a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution


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responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade


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a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs


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a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party


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a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting


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the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb


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United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)


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the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)


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the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them


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the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines


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a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects


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the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given position


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the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood


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pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur


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the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture


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fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives


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a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery


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an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas


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eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor


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membranous structure that functions as the circulatory system in mammalian embryos until the heart becomes functional


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monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone


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an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation


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an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts


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any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled


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the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them


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a verdict rendered on certain specific factual issues posed by the court without finding for one party or the other


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a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted


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sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism


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following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah


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a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed


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a pore in the outer wall of a spore or pollen grain through which the germ tube or pollen tube makes its exit on germination


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a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising


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a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation)


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a member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia


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any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age


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shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down


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a liquor concocted from a mixture of ingredients (such as prunes and raisins and milk and sugar) that can be fermented to produce alcohol


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an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages


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one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin)


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French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896)


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a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine)


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genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination


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plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains


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a relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between the second and third it must necessarily hold between the first and third


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a pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847)


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South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)


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water that is not hard (does not contain mineral salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap)


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a nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed down by a moderator


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a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology


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the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual


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an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children)


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relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance


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an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage


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the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength


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biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent


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United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919)


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any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color


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a three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863)


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of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth


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the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments


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any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves


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a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs


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that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head


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genus of North American and Asiatic perennial herbs having pinnatisect leaves small heads of drooping yellowish to purple flowers


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electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare


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watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs


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a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives


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computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it


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an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)


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an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges


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characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities


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secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity


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a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support


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apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat


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a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy


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of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation


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act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance


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the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output


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English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)


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the space between the layers of the pericardium that contains fluid that lubricates the membrane surfaces and allows easy heart movement


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his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)


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any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages


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motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions


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children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office


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a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed


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king of ancient Macedonia whose confrontations with the Romans led to his defeat and his loss of control over Greece


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a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice


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an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles


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all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function


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a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements


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a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country


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the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes who advocated government monetary and fiscal programs intended to stimulate business activity and increase employment


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the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken


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the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another


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a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah


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any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw


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divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)


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a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus


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a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity


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a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons)


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United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)


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a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45


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a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops


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a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)


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a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents


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the presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements


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United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)


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modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished


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any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail


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a pattern of symptoms including loss of appetite and bloating and weight loss and muscle pain and steatorrhea


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a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers


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a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment


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a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person


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any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding


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the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents


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United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)


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a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces


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emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness


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the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell


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herb with basal leaves and leafy hairy stems bearing solitary flower heads with white or pale cream-colored rays


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Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt


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electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound


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pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young


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a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof


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a liquid solution of copper sulfate and potassium tartrate and sodium hydroxide that is used to test for sugar in the urine


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the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth


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any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae


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a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit


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an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community


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the development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy)


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an inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms


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Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943)


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a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant


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German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)


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a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution


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hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped


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king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy


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a minor fast day on Adar 13 commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people


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an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age


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a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful life


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English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)


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a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar


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an analyst who studies the financial statements and financial history of applicants for credit in order to evaluate their creditworthiness


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tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America


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a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)


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a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body


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in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers


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usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn


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large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers


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the transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia


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similar to a strap hinge except that one strap has been replaced by half of a butt hinge that can be mortised flush into the stationary frame


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genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the western hemisphere: courlan


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the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing


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aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs


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membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth


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represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap


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a forecast of the expected financial position and the results of operations and cash flows based on expected conditions


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the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants)


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a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem


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Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997)


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a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters


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a mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues


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a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue


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a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland


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a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean


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a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current


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an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security


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bouillon or beef stock thickened with butter and flour roux and variously seasoned with herbs or Worcestershire etc.


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highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era


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English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)


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a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations


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matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances


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a large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with tolerable side effects


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a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data


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hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary


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a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets


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United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993)


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a literary genre that presents a fictional character's sequence of thoughts in the form of a monologue


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a trust established to shift the income to someone who is taxed at a lower rate than the grantor for a period of 10 years or more


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personal items conforming to regulations that are sold aboard ship or at a naval base and charged to the person's pay


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a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe


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a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed


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the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane


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a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's


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e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error


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coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors


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of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life


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Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112)


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a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country


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measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)


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the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty'


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United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976)


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a form of lymphocytic leukemia in which the abnormal cells in the circulating blood are almost totally lymphoblasts


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any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads


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an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated


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the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths


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any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock


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a principle that governs current accounting practice and that is used as a reference to determine the appropriate treatment of complex transactions


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his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC)


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the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line


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the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)


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United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965)


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informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions


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convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds


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the first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC


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any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers


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as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer


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a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights


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his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition


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a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14


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American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)


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a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs


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deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees


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an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list


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multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system


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a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world


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ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits


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small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm


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the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)


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any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks


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a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)


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exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)


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United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005)


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forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity


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the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother


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a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools


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a hearing held by the US Senate to gather information on whether to approve or reject candidates for high federal office who are nominated by the president


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a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin


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the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water


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authority given (in a will or deed) by a donor to a donee to appoint the beneficiaries of the donor's property


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censorship under civil authority of communications entering or leaving of crossing the borders of the United States or its territories or possessions


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tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial


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a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents


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a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives


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identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others


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United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)


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can slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis by slowing the proliferation of white blood cells which reduces inflammation in the synovium


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includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago


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United States conductor (born in Russia) who was noted for performing the works of contemporary composers (1874-1951)


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a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages


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a fungus with a round yellow to orange fruiting body that is found on the surface of the ground or partially buried


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determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit


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X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements


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United States writer who created the Japanese detective Mr. Moto and wrote other novels as well (1893-1960)


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a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature


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a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs)


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tufted evergreen often diminutive plants whose flowers in a remarkable range of colors usually resemble a tricorn with sepals fused at the base to form a tube


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used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form


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if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing the passage of food into the stomach is obstructed


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a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies


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was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483)


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a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes


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a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)


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part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases


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the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin


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the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth


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the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.


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one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature


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a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it


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an industrial process for producing sodium carbonate from sodium chloride and ammonia and carbon dioxide


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a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny


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the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago)


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any of several nerves of the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system that innervate viscera and blood vessels


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high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom


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a rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits


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folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response


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the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects


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healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones


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a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms


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the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system


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a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox


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a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States


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any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries


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the distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave


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he suppressed the Peasant's Revolt in 1381 but his reign was marked by popular discontent and baronial opposition in British Parliament and he was forced to abdicate in 1399 (1367-1400)


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the western part of the ancient region of Frisia in northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt river and the Weser river


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a permanent committee of the United States House of Representatives that makes recommendations to the US House on all bills that would raise revenue


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measuring instrument that uses the interaction of the magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or power


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Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968)


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movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)


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an allotrope of iron that is stable between 1403 degrees centigrade and the melting point (= 1532 degrees)


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a print run of a newspaper during which some articles or advertisements are changed to produce a different edition


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Chinese statesman who organized the Kuomintang and led the revolution that overthrew the Manchu dynasty in 1911 and 1912 (1866-1925)


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a style of wrestling where the wrestlers are forbidden to tackle or trip or use holds below the waist


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a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels


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an area of woods and heathland in southern Hampshire that was set aside by William I as Crown property in 1079


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a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred to the person by a fomite of vector


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seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized


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a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it


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small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves


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the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths


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any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium


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anemia characterized by many large immature and dysfunctional red blood cells (megaloblasts) in the bone marrow


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a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees


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ultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying `he laughs best who laughs last')


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a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted


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a militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels


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seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world


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any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin


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antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients


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a plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise


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at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War


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a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean


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a diet that contains adequate amounts of all the necessary nutrients required for healthy growth and activity


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any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms


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a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors


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United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)


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the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II


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a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt


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any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin


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someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes


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make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret


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an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government


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the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast


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a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.


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a tail fin with unequal lobes in which the vertebral column turns upward into the larger lobe as in sharks


