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  • 51Circumflexion — Cir cum*flex ion, n. 1. The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form. [1913 Webster] 2. A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 52Curl — Curl, v. i. 1. To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground. [1913 Webster] Thou seest it [hair] will not …

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  • 53bullet — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French boulette small ball & boulet missile, dims. of boule ball more at bowl Date: 1579 1. a round or elongated missile (as of lead) to be fired from a firearm; broadly cartridge 1a 2 …

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  • 54Digastric muscle — Muscles of the neck. Lateral view …

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  • 55Picturesque — is an aesthetic ideal first introduced into English cultural debate in 1782 by William Gilpin in Observations of the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales, etc. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; made in the Summer of the Year 1770 , a …

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  • 56Gridshell — A gridshell is a structure which derives its strength from its double curvature (in the same way that a fabric structure derives strength from double curvature), but is constructed of a grid or lattice.The grid can be made of any material, but is …

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  • 57Chestnut-breasted Munia — Conservation status Least Concer …

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  • 58Stromness (Orkney) — Stromness Koordinaten 58° 58′ N, 3°&#16 …

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  • 59crookedly — adv. in bent or curved form; dishonestly, corruptly …

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  • 60Dutchman's-pipe — Dutch′man s pipe′ n. pln a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large heart shaped leaves and brownish purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe • Etymology: 1835–45 …

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