bathing (verb)

  • 81Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology       Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …

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  • 82bathe — 1. verb /beɪð/ a) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath. She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical. b) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or… …

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  • 83shower — 1. noun /ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ),ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/ a) A brief fall of precipitation. Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells. b) A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a… …

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  • 84brilliantine — 1. noun a) A hair pomade, making the hair shine brilliantly. 1921 I wouldnt regret it, said Linda, if I took Eileen by the shoulders and shook her till I shook the rouge off her cheek, and the brilliantine off her hair, and a million mean little… …

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  • 85Heraclitus — Catherine Osborne No philosopher before Socrates can have had such a profound influence on so many generations of subsequent thinkers as Heraclitus. Nor can any thinker, probably in the whole history of philosophy, have inspired such a wide range …

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  • 86costume — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ For the dress rehearsal, the cast will be in full costume. ▪ colourful/colorful, elaborate, lavish ▪ outlandish, outrageous …

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  • 87show — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. exhibit, display; explain, teach; demonstrate, prove, guide, escort; appear, stand out. See evidence, disclosure. n. display, exhibition, play, entertainment, pageant, spectacle; pomp, ostentation;… …

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  • 88shower — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rain, sprinkle, drizzle; spate; volley; fall. See water, assemblage, cleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Water falling in drops] Syn. drizzle, mist, rainfall; see rain 1 . 2. [Act of cleansing the body] …

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  • 89suit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. petition, appeal, prayer; courtship, wooing; suite, retinue, train; outfit, set, group, sequence; lawsuit, action, litigation. See request, endearment, clothing, continuity, class. v. t. satisfy,… …

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  • 90cap — cap1 [ kæp ] noun count ** ▸ 1 soft hat ▸ 2 lid/covering ▸ 3 top part ▸ 4 limit on money ▸ 5 artificial tooth cover ▸ 6 explosive in toy gun ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a soft hat with a stiff part called a bill or visor that comes out over your eyes: a… …

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