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91Les faiseurs de silence — Graphicnovelbox| title= Spirou et Fantasio #32 Les faiseurs de silence englishtitle= foreigntitle= caption=Cover of the Belgian edition publisher=Dupuis date=1984 series= Spirou et Fantasio origlanguage=French origpublication= Le Journal de… …
92Protocarnivorous plant — A protocarnivorous plant (sometimes also paracarnivorous, subcarnivorous, or borderline carnivore), according to some definitions, traps and kills insects or other animals but lacks the ability to either directly digest or absorb nutrients from… …
93Trickling filter — A trickling filter consists of a fixed bed of rocks, gravel, slag, polyurethane foam, sphagnum peat moss, or plastic media over which sewage or other wastewater flows downward and causes a layer or film of microbial slime to grow, covering the… …
94diagnosis — /duy euhg noh sis/, n., pl. diagnoses / seez/. 1. Med. a. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. b. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbr.: Dx 2. Biol. scientific… …
95Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …
96sound — sound1 soundable, adj. /sownd/, n. 1. the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. 2. mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium, traveling in air at a… …
97Sound — /sownd/, n. The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 mi. (140 km) long; 3 30 mi. (5 48 km) wide. Swedish and Danish, Oresund. * * * I Mechanical disturbance that propagates as a longitudinal wave… …
98chemical element — Introduction also called element, any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes. Elements are the fundamental materials of which all matter is composed. This article considers the… …
99Microtriches — (singular microtrix) are the highly specialized microvilli covering the entire surface of the tegument of cestodes. They are fine hair like filaments distributed throughout the surface of the body, both unique to and ubiquitous among cestodes,… …
100assimilative — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having a capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up: absorbent, absorptive, bibulous. See DRY …
