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  • 1slough — slough1 /slow/ for 1, 2, 4; /slooh/ for 3, n. 1. an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region. 2. a hole full of mire, as in a road. 3. Also, slew, slue. Northern U.S. and Canadian. a marshy or reedy pool, pond, inlet, backwater, or… …

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  • 2slough — I [[t]slaʊ[/t]] for 1,2,4; [[t]slu[/t]] for 3 n. 1) an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region 2) a hole full of mire, as in a road 3) brit. dial. Also, slew IV slue III a marshy pool, inlet, backwater, or the like. 4) a condition… …

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  • 3discard — vb Discard, cast, shed, molt, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of as of no further use, value, or service. Discard literally denotes the getting rid of a card from one s hand in a card game, usually because they are worthless or can be… …

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  • 4discard — I. verb Date: circa 1586 transitive verb 1. to get rid of especially as useless or unwanted < a pile of discarded tires > 2. a. to remove (a playing card) from one s hand b. to play (any card except a trump) from a suit different from the one led …

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  • 5Human skin — Skin epidermis (A), dermis (B), and subcutis (C), showing a hair follicle (1), sweat gland (11) sebaceous gland (7) Latin cutis …

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  • 6United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great&#8230; …

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  • 7Harry Turtledove's Darkness — The Darkness Series is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove.* Into the Darkness (1999) * Darkness Descending (2000) * Through the Darkness (2001) * Rulers of the Darkness (2002) * Jaws of the Darkness (2003) * Out of the Darkness&#8230; …

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  • 8List of games on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue — This is a list of games featured on BBC Radio 4 s long running antidote to panel games , I m Sorry I Haven t a Clue. Some are featured more frequently than others. Contents 1 The Bad Tempered Clavier 2 Blues 3 Board o …

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  • 9Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.&#8230; …

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  • 10List of Arrested Development characters — From left to right: Gob, George, Lindsay, Tobias, Michael, Lucille, George Michael, Maeby, and Buster The following is a list of the characters from the Fox television comedy series Arrested Development. The main characters are made up of the&#8230; …

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