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  • 61Transpiring — Transpire Tran*spire , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Transpired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transpiring}.] [F. transpirer; L. trans across, through + spirare to breathe. See {Spirit}.] 1. (Physiol.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to… …

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  • 62Exhale — Ex*hale , v. i. To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish. [1913 Webster] Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. Prescott. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 63Glenn Talbot — Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics …

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  • 64fume — fumeless, adj. fumelike, adj. fumer, n. fumingly, adv. /fyoohm/, n., v., fumed, fuming. n. 1. Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, esp. of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of… …

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  • 65transpire — 1590s, pass off in the form of a vapor or liquid, from M.Fr. transpirer (mid 16c.), from L. trans through (see TRANS (Cf. trans )) + spirare to breathe (see SPIRIT (Cf. spirit)). Figurative sense of leak out, become known is recorded from 1741,… …

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  • 66fume — [[t]fyum[/t]] n. v. fumed, fum•ing 1) chem. Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, esp. of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; poisonous fumes of carbon monoxide[/ex] 2) an irritable or angry mood:… …

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  • 67volatilise — verb make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor • Syn: ↑volatilize • Derivationally related forms: ↑volatilisable, ↑volatile (for: ↑volatilize), ↑volatilizable ( …

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  • 68Fluorescent lamp — A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube is a gas discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor. The excited mercury atoms produce short wave ultraviolet light that then causes a phosphor to fluoresce, producing visible light.Unlike… …

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  • 69Vacuum tube — This article is about the electronic device. For experiments in an evacuated pipe, see free fall. For the transport system, see pneumatic tube. Modern vacuum tubes, mostly miniature style In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube (in North… …

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  • 70Fire breathing — is the act of creating a large flame by spraying, with one s breath, a flammable liquid upon an open flame. The flame is usually held an arm s length away and the spray should be both powerful and misty. This art is said to have originated in… …

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