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  • 111free fall — n. 1. the unchecked fall of anything through space, the atmosphere, a vacuum, etc., esp. the part of a parachutist s jump before the parachute is opened 2. any unchecked, usually rapid, decline, as in value, status, or stability …

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  • 112unbridled — adjective not restrained or controlled unbridled rage an unchecked temper ungoverned rage • Syn: ↑unchecked, ↑uncurbed, ↑ungoverned • Similar to: ↑un …

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  • 113uncurbed — adjective not restrained or controlled unbridled rage an unchecked temper ungoverned rage • Syn: ↑unbridled, ↑unchecked, ↑ungoverned • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 114ungoverned — adjective 1. not restrained or controlled unbridled rage an unchecked temper ungoverned rage • Syn: ↑unbridled, ↑unchecked, ↑uncurbed • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 115Lichen — Li chen (l[imac] k[e^]n; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. leichh n.] 1. (Bot.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called {Lichenes}), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond like forms, but… …

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  • 116Lichenes — Lichen Li chen (l[imac] k[e^]n; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. leichh n.] 1. (Bot.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called {Lichenes}), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond like forms, but… …

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  • 117rock moss — Lichen Li chen (l[imac] k[e^]n; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. leichh n.] 1. (Bot.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called {Lichenes}), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond like forms, but… …

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  • 118tree moss — Lichen Li chen (l[imac] k[e^]n; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. leichh n.] 1. (Bot.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called {Lichenes}), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond like forms, but… …

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  • 119chimerical — also chimeric adjective Etymology: chimera Date: 1638 1. existing only as the product of unchecked imagination ; fantastically visionary or improbable 2. given to fantastic schemes Synonyms: see …

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  • 120fester — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French festre, from Latin fistula pipe, fistulous ulcer Date: 14th century a suppurating sore ; pustule II. verb (festered; festering) Date: 14th century intransitive verb …

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