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  • 101tip — English has three distinct words tip, two of them possibly related. Tip ‘extremity’ [15] was probably borrowed from Old Norse typpi. This was descended from prehistoric Germanic *tupp ‘upper extremity’ (source also of English top and toupee). Tip …

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  • 102rickety — [rik′it ē] adj. 1. of or having rickets 2. weak in the joints; tottering 3. liable to fall or break down because weak; shaky ricketiness n …

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  • 103de|fec|ti|ble — «dih FEHK tuh buhl», adjective. Obsolete or Rare. liable to fall short; subject to defect …

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  • 104rick´et|i|ness — rick|et|y «RIHK uh tee», adjective. 1. liable to fall or break down; shaky or weak: »a rickety old chair. SYNONYM(S): tottering. 2. having rickets; suffering from rickets. 3. feeble in the joints. –rick´et|i|ness, noun …

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  • 105rick|et|y — «RIHK uh tee», adjective. 1. liable to fall or break down; shaky or weak: »a rickety old chair. SYNONYM(S): tottering. 2. having rickets; suffering from rickets. 3. feeble in the joints. –rick´et|i|ness, noun …

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  • 106top´-heav´i|ness — top heav|y «TOP HEHV ee», adjective. 1. too heavy at the top. 2. liable to fall or fail as from too great weight above; unstable. 3. Figurative. overcapitalized, as a business corporation. 4. Figurative. having too many officials of high rank: »a …

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  • 107top-heav|y — «TOP HEHV ee», adjective. 1. too heavy at the top. 2. liable to fall or fail as from too great weight above; unstable. 3. Figurative. overcapitalized, as a business corporation. 4. Figurative. having too many officials of high rank: »a department …

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  • 108NUT — (Heb. אֱגוֹז), in the Bible and Talmud – the walnut, Juglans regia, which grows wild in Greece, Asia Minor, and Central Asia. It is mentioned once only in the Bible, but frequently in rabbinic literature. Song of Songs (6:11) refers to a garden… …

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  • 109Dutton v Bognor Regis Urban District Council — Dutton v Bognor Regis UDC Citation(s) [1972] 1 QB 373, [1972] 2 WLR 299, [1972] 1 All ER 462, [1972] 1 Lloyd s Rep 227 Case opinions Lord Denning MR Sachs LJ and Stamp LJ Keywords Duty of care, defective premises Dutton v Bognor Regis Urban… …

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  • 110River engineering — The Los Angeles River is extensively channelized with concrete embankments. River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit.… …

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