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  • 51Settling — Set tling, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one s self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment. Milton. [1913… …

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  • 52Settling day — Settling Set tling, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one s self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment. Milton …

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  • 53Subsidence — Sub*sid ence, Subsidency Sub*sid en*cy, n. [L. subsidens, entis, p. pr. of subsidere. See {Subside}.] The act or process of subsiding. [1913 Webster] The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 54Subsidency — Subsidence Sub*sid ence, Subsidency Sub*sid en*cy, n. [L. subsidens, entis, p. pr. of subsidere. See {Subside}.] The act or process of subsiding. [1913 Webster] The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 55eugeosyncline — noun Date: 1942 a narrow rapidly subsiding geosyncline usually with volcanic materials mingled with clastic sediments • eugeosynclinal adjective …

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  • 56subside — intransitive verb (subsided; subsiding) Etymology: Latin subsidere, from sub + sidere to sit down, sink; akin to Latin sedēre to sit more at sit Date: 1607 1. to sink or fall to the bottom ; settle 2. to tend downward ; descend; …

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  • 57relapse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin relapsus, from Latin relabi to slide back, from re + labi to slide more at sleep Date: 15th century 1. the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding 2. a recurrence of… …

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  • 58Afghan Turkestan — is a region in northern Afghanistan, on the border with the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It was the name of a former province in this area, which was centred on Mazari Sharif and included territory in the modern… …

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  • 59Bluetongue disease — Taxobox | color=violet name = Bluetongue virus virus group = III familia = Reoviridae genus = Orbivirus species = Bluetongue virus, BTVBluetongue disease or catarrhal fever is a non contagious, insect borne viral disease of ruminants, mainly… …

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  • 60Joseph Haydn — (Franz) Joseph Haydn [Although he is sometimes called Franz Joseph Haydn , the name Franz was not used in the composer s lifetime and is avoided by scholars. (Webster, James: Haydn, Joseph , Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 18 January… …

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