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  • 51carnal — [15] Carnal means literally ‘of the flesh’; it comes from late Latin carnālis, a derivative of Latin carō ‘flesh, meat’. Other English words from the same source are carnivorous ‘meateating’ [17]; carnage [16], which came via French carnage and… …

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  • 52char|nel — «CHAHR nuhl», noun, adjective. –n. a charnel house or other burial place. –adj. 1. of or used for a charnel. 2. like a charnel; deathlike; ghastly. ╂[< Old French charnel < Latin carnälis. See etym. of doublet carnal. (Cf. ↑ …

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  • 53Dean Koontz — Dean Ray Koontz (né le 9 juillet 1945 à Everett, Pennsylvanie), est un auteur américain de fictions à grand succès, d abord célèbre pour ses romans à suspense. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Œuvres 2.1 Romans …

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  • 54Dean R. Koontz — Dean Koontz Dean Ray Koontz (né le 9 juillet 1945 à Everett, Pennsylvanie), est un auteur américain de fictions à grand succès, d abord célèbre pour ses romans à suspense. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Œuvres 2.1 Romans …

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  • 55Ossuary — in Hallstatt, Austria An ossuary is a chest, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then… …

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  • 57Parish close — is a translation of the French term enclos paroissial . It refers to a number of locations in the historic diocese of Léon, corresponding roughly to the northern half of the département of Finistère, in Brittany. These feature an elaborately… …

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  • 58Мастертон — Мастертон, Грэхэм Грэхем Мастертон Graham Masterton Грэм Мастертон на Salon du livre 2008 (Париж, Франция) …

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  • 60mortuary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. morgue, funeral home. adj. funerary, funereal. See interment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. charnel house, funeral parlor, funeral home; see morgue 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. funeral home,… …

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