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1guinea worm — a long, slender, roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa. Also, Guinea worm. [1690 1700] * * * or medina worm or dragon worm Nematode (Dracunculus medinensis) that is… …
2Flesh worm — Flesh Flesh (fl[e^]sh), n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[=ae]sc; akin to OFries. fl[=a]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[=e]sk, OHG. fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw. fl[ a]sk.] 1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other… …
3ver|mic|u|late — «adjective. vur MIHK yuh layt, liht; verb. vur MIHK yuh layt», adjective, verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. –adj. 1. vermicular; sinuous: »Figurative. Subtile, idle, unwholesome, and, (as I may term them) vermiculate questions (Francis …
4William Kidd — Infobox Pirate name=William Kidd lived=c. 1645 – May 23, 1701 caption=William Kidd nickname= type=Privateer placeofbirth= Greenock, Scotland placeofdeath= Wapping, England allegiance= Kingdom of England serviceyears= base of operations= rank=… …
5art conservation and restoration — Maintenance and preservation of works of art, their protection from future damage, deterioration, or neglect, and the repair or renovation of works that have deteriorated or been damaged. Research in art history has relied heavily on 20th and… …
6Graves' disease — Classification and external resources Photo showing the classic finding of proptosis and lid retraction in Graves disease ICD 10 …
7Uzumaki — is a horror manga by Junji Ito, serialized in Shogakukan s Big Comic Spirits .The story concerns the people of a small Japanese town by the name of Kurôzu cho, and how they become obsessed by the occurrences of natural and artificial spirals… …
8Matilda Smith — (1854–1926) was a botanical illustrator whose work appeared in Curtis s Botanical Magazine for over forty years. The long running journal required a dedicated illustrator, and when Joseph Hooker sought a replacement, his second cousin Matilda… …
9Deterioration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deterioration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deterioration deterioration debasement Sgm: N 1 wane wane ebb Sgm: N 1 recession recession &c. 287 Sgm: N 1 retrogradation retrogradation &c. 283 …
10The Life of Reason — subtitled the Phases of Human Progress , is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish born American philosopher George Santayana (1863 1952). It consists of Reason in Common Sense , Reason in Society , Reason in Religion , R …
