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  • 1Towers of Silence — are circular raised structures used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead. There is no standard technical name for such a construction. The common dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag ) originally denoted any place for the dead.… …

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  • 2un´com|mu´ni|ca´tive|ness — un|com|mu|ni|ca|tive «UHN kuh MYOO nuh KAY tihv, kuh tihv», adjective. not giving out any information, opinions, or advice; talking little; disposed to silence; reserved; reticent. SYNONYM(S): taciturn. –un´com|mu´ni|ca´tive|ness, noun …

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  • 3un|com|mu|ni|ca|tive — «UHN kuh MYOO nuh KAY tihv, kuh tihv», adjective. not giving out any information, opinions, or advice; talking little; disposed to silence; reserved; reticent. SYNONYM(S): taciturn. –un´com|mu´ni|ca´tive|ness, noun …

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  • 4Sense and Sensibility — Raison et Sentiments Pour les articles homonymes, voir Raison et Sentiments (homonymie). Raison et Sentiments[N 1] …

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  • 5china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 6China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 7The Carmelite Order —     The Carmelite Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carmelite Order     One of the mendicant orders.     Origin     The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been under discussion from the fourteenth century to …

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  • 8The Bollandists —     The Bollandists     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bollandists     An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth… …

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  • 9France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 101987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) — Infobox Album | Name = 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) Type = Album Artist = The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu Released = June 1987 Recorded = Genre = Electronica Length = 40:56 Label = The Sound Of Mu(sic) Producer = Reviews = * Allmusic… …

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