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51Transparent — Trans*par ent, a. [F., from LL. transparens, entis, p. pr. of transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to appear. See {Appear}.] 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen… …
52Transparently — Transparent Trans*par ent, a. [F., from LL. transparens, entis, p. pr. of transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to appear. See {Appear}.] 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be… …
53Transparentness — Transparent Trans*par ent, a. [F., from LL. transparens, entis, p. pr. of transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to appear. See {Appear}.] 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be… …
54Hearing impairment — See also: Deaf culture for the social movement.. Deaf and/or hard of hearing Classification and external resources The International Symbol for Deafness …
55The Magnetic Lady — The Magnetic Lady, or Humors Reconciled is a Caroline era stage play, the final comedy of Ben Jonson. It was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on October 12, 1632, and first published in 1641, in Volume II… …
56Tapena thwaitesi — Taxobox | name = Black Angle image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Hesperiidae subfamilia = Pyrginae genus = Tapena species = T. thwaitesi binomial = Tapena… …
57sheer — sheer1 sheerly, adv. sheerness, n. /shear/, adj., sheerer, sheerest, adv., n. adj. 1. transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings. 2. unmixed with anything else: We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock …
58Frankenthaler, Helen — born Dec. 12, 1928, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. painter. She studied with Rufino Tamayo in high school and at Bennington College, then returned to her native New York City and joined the second generation of Abstract Expressionists. Influenced by… …
59Taglioni, Marie — born April 23, 1804, Stockholm, Swed. died April 24, 1884, Marseille, Fr. Italian ballet dancer. She trained with her dancer choreographer father, Filippo Taglioni (1777–1871), and made her debut in Vienna in 1822. In her father s ballet La… …
60building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …
