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  • 91plain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. simple, unornamented (see simpleness); homely (see ugliness). n. prairie, tableland, steppe, savanna, tundra, heath, pampas, mesa, llana; meadow, pasture, field. See land, horizontal.Ant., fancy. II …

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  • 92Plain of Bagua — The Utcubamba valley is born in the high jalcas of Chachapoyas and runs from the southeast to the northwest to mix with the waters of the Marañón river, forming the immense plain of Bagua. This plain has a of warm climate, with temperatures… …

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  • 93Plain Old Semantic HTML — The term Plain Old Semantic HTML (acronym POSH) differentiates Semantic HTML from more specific uses like microformats. The term also contrasts with Plain Old XML.The microformats community has been using the term POSH to further evangelize the… …

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  • 94Plain-bellied Emerald — Taxobox name = Plain bellied Emerald status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Apodiformes familia = Trochilidae genus = Amazilia species = A. leucogaster binomial = Amazilia leucogaster… …

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  • 95Plain Vanilla — The most basic or standard version of a financial instrument, usually options, bonds, futures and swaps. Plain vanilla is the opposite of an exotic instrument, which alters the components of a traditional financial instrument, resulting in a more …

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  • 96Plain-backed Sunbird — Taxobox name = Plain backed Sunbird status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Nectariniidae genus = Anthreptes species = A. reichenowi binomial = Anthreptes reichenowi… …

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  • 97Plain Tales from the Hills — Infobox Book | name = Plain Tales from the Hills image caption = Cover of the First Edition (1888) author = Rudyard Kipling illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English genre = publisher = Thacker, Spink and Company,… …

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  • 98plain-Jane — /playn jayn /, adj. Informal. simple and modest; unadorned; basic: a plain Jane car dressed up with leather upholstery. Also, plain jane. [1935 40] * * * …

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  • 99plain stitch — ▪ textiles also called  Jersey Stitch, Flat Stitch, or Stockinette Stitch,         basic knitting stitch in which each loop is drawn through other loops to the right side of the fabric. The loops form vertical rows, or wales, on the fabric face,… …

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  • 100plain wrapper — /pleɪn ˈræpə/ (say playn rapuh) noun wrapping paper which is not stamped with a company name and so does not identify the purchase place of the product: a pornographic book in a plain wrapper. Also, plain brown wrapper …