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11Computer keyboard — A key being pressed on a computer keyboard. In computing, a keyboard is a typewriter style keyboard, which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys, to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches. Following the decline of punch cards and paper… …
12Disc brake — Close up of a disc brake on a car On automobiles, disc brakes are often located with …
13Anointing — The Anointing of David, from the Paris Psalter, 10th century (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris). To anoint is to pour or smear with perfumed oil, milk, water, melted butter or other substances, a process employed ritually by many religions. People… …
14War Machine — This article is about the superhero. For other uses, see War Machine (disambiguation). War Machine Promotional art for Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #33 Art by Adi Granov. Publica …
15grease — greaseless, adj. greaselessness, n. greaseproof, adj. n. /grees/; v. /grees, greez/, n., v., greased, greasing. n. 1. the melted or rendered fat of animals, esp. when in a soft state. 2. fatty or oily matter in general; lubricant. 3. Also called… …
16grease — noun /gris / (say grees) 1. the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state. 2. fatty or oily matter in general; lubricant. 3. Colloquial butter. 4. Veterinary Science inflammation of a horse s skin in the fetlock region,… …
17grease — [grēs; ] for v., also [ grēz] n. [ME gresse < OFr craisse < VL * crassia < L crassus, fat, thick: see CRASS] 1. melted animal fat 2. any thick, oily substance or lubricant, esp. the substance that is put on the moving parts of… …
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