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  • 11squint´er — squint «skwihnt», verb, noun, adjective. –v.i. 1. to look or gaze with the eyes partly closed: »the bright sun made him squint at the sky to see the airplane. 2. to look sideways; glance obliquely or in other than the direct line of vision. 3. to …

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  • 12novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; <&#8230; …

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  • 13HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …

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  • 14Solar cell — A solar cell made from a monocrystalline silicon wafer …

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  • 15King George whiting — Taxobox name = King George whiting image width = 210 px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes subordo = Percoidei superfamilia = Percoidea familia = Sillaginidae genus = Sillaginodes genus authority =&#8230; …

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  • 16Geology of New Zealand — The continent of Zealandia The geology of New Zealand is noted for its volcanic activity, earthquakes and geothermal areas because of its position on the boundary of the Australian Plate and Pacific Plates. New Zealand was earlier part of the&#8230; …

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  • 17Impact crater — The prominent impact crater Tycho on the Moon. In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body. In most common usage,&#8230; …

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  • 18Siberian Husky — Infobox Dogbreed akcgroup = Working akcstd = http://www.akc.org/breeds/siberian husky/index.cfm altname = Chukcha, Chuksha, Keshia, Laika ankcgroup = Group 6 (Utility) ankcstd = http://www.ankc.aust.com/siberian.html ckcgroup = Group 3 (Working)&#8230; …

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  • 19chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by …

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  • 20ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific&#8230; …

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