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  • 1Contour canal — A contour canal is an artificially dug navigable canal which closely follows the contour line of the land it traverses in order to avoid costly engineering works such as boring a tunnel through higher ground, building an embankment over lower… …

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  • 2List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …

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  • 3perception — perceptional, adj. /peuhr sep sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding. 2. immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic… …

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  • 4bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 …

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  • 5Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …

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  • 6Laser cutting — process on a sheet of steel. CAD (top) and stainless steel laser cut part (bottom) Laser cutting is a technology that uses a laser to cut materials, an …

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  • 7Accurizing — is the process of improving the accuracy of a firearm or airgun.cite web |url=http://saami.org/Glossary/index.cfm |title=SAAMI glossary |accessdate=2007 08 30] For firearms, accuracy is defined as the ability to hit exactly what you re aiming at …

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  • 8terə- — I. terə 1 To rub, turn; with some derivatives referring to twisting, boring, drilling, and piercing; and others referring to the rubbing of cereal grain to remove the husks, and thence to the process of threshing either by the trampling of oxen… …

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  • 9 Cliona celata — Cliona celata …

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  • 10Ford Fiesta — Not to be confused with the Ford Festiva. Ford Fiesta Manufacturer Ford Motor Company Produ …

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