(having two usable sides)

  • 1double-faced — double facedly /dub euhl fay sid lee, fayst /, adv. double facedness, n. /dub euhl fayst /, adj. 1. practicing duplicity; hypocritical. 2. having two faces or aspects. 3. having two usable sides, esp. two sides designed to be used in the same… …

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  • 2double-faced — dou′ble faced′ adj. 1) hypocritical; deceitful; two faced 2) having two faces or aspects 3) cvb having two usable sides: double faced adhesive tape[/ex] • Etymology: 1565–75 dou′ble fac′ed•ness ˈfeɪ sɪd , ˈfeɪst n …

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  • 3France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 4Tent — For the tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT), see Tetanospasmin. A modern two person, lightweight hiking dome tent; it is tied to rocks as there is nowhere to drive stakes on this rock shelf A tent is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other… …

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  • 5JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …

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  • 6SYNAGOGUE — This article is arranged according to the following outline. origins and history until the first century first century c.e. middle ages modern period …

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  • 7Egypt — /ee jipt/, n. 1. Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 64,791,891; 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Cap.: Cairo. Arabic, Misr. Formerly (1958 71), United Arab Republic. 2. an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta… …

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  • 8Laserdisc — Not to be confused with disk laser, a flat configuration solid state laser. Not to be confused with VCD, DVD, or Blu ray, optical disc formats employing digital video encoding. Not to be confused with CED, a coincident but incompatible analogue… …

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  • 9Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction  history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …

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  • 10Wick, Highland — Coordinates: 58°27′14″N 3°05′20″W / 58.454°N 3.089°W / 58.454; 3.089 …

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