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  • 41scroll — [[t]skroʊl[/t]] n. 1) a roll of parchment, paper, or other material, esp. one with writing on it 2) a spiral or coiled ornament resembling a partly unrolled sheet of paper 3) a roll or roster 4) fia (in Japanese and Chinese art) a painting or… …

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  • 42curvature — n. 1 the act or state of curving. 2 a curved form. 3 Geom. a the deviation of a curve from a straight line, or of a curved surface from a plane. b the quantity expressing this. Etymology: OF f. L curvatura (as CURVE) …

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  • 43gooseneck — noun something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose) • Hypernyms: ↑curve, ↑curved shape …

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  • 44Curviform — Cur vi*form (k?r v? f?rm), a. [L. curvus + form.] Having a curved form. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 45AK-47 legal status — The legal status of the AK 47 varies in different localities.In AustraliaIn Australia, the purchase of semi automatic centrefire rifles has been effectively banned since 1996 (and fully automatic firearms since the 1930s in most parts of the… …

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  • 46cylinder — cylinderlike, adj. /sil in deuhr/, n. 1. Geom. a surface or solid bounded by two parallel planes and generated by a straight line moving parallel to the given planes and tracing a curve bounded by the planes and lying in a plane perpendicular or… …

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  • 47Exedra — Ex e*dra ([e^]ks [ e]*dr[.a]), n.; pl. {Exedr[ae]} ([e^]ks [ e]*dr[=e]). [L., fr. Gr exe dra; ex out + e dra seat.] 1. (Class. Antiq.) A room in a public building, furnished with seats. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) (a) The projection of any part of… …

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  • 48Exedrae — Exedra Ex e*dra ([e^]ks [ e]*dr[.a]), n.; pl. {Exedr[ae]} ([e^]ks [ e]*dr[=e]). [L., fr. Gr exe dra; ex out + e dra seat.] 1. (Class. Antiq.) A room in a public building, furnished with seats. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) (a) The projection of any… …

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  • 49Julius H. Kroehl — Infobox Engineer image size = caption = name = Julius Herman Kröhl nationality = German American birth date = 1820 birth place = Memel in East Prussia (today in Lithuania) death date = 1867 death place = Panama City, United States of Colombia… …

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  • 50cylinder — cyl•in•der [[t]ˈsɪl ɪn dər[/t]] n. 1) math. a surface or solid bounded by two parallel planes and generated by a straight line moving parallel to the given planes and tracing a curve bounded by the planes and lying in a plane perpendicular or… …

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