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  • 101glacier — glaciered, adj. /glay sheuhr/, n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of… …

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  • 102plant development — Introduction       a multiphasic process in which two distinct forms succeed each other in alternating generations. One form, created by the union of sexual cells (gametes (gamete)), contains two sets of similar chromosomes (diploid). At sexual… …

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  • 103Scalp — ] * S: The skin on the head from which head hair grows. It is richly supplied with blood vessels. * C: Connective tissue. a thin layer of fat and fibrous tissue lies beneath the skin * A: The aponeurosis (or galea aponeurotica) is the next layer …

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  • 104Trabecular meshwork — Enlarged general view of the iridial angle. (When enlarged, visible with older label of trabecular tissue ) Latin reticulum trabeculare sclerae Gray s …

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  • 105Caliche (mineral) — Caliche is a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate. This calcium carbonate cements together other materials, including gravel, sand, clay, and silt. It is found in aridisol and mollisol soil orders. Caliche occurs worldwide, generally in arid or… …

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  • 106Landslide mitigation — Landslides can be triggered by many often concomitant causes. In addition to shallow erosion or reduction of shear strength caused by seasonal rainfall, causes triggered by anthropic activities such as adding excessive weight above the slope,… …

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  • 107Vermicompost — (also called worm compost, vermicast, worm castings, worm humus or worm manure) is the end product of the breakdown of organic matter by some species of earthworm. Vermicompost is a nutrient rich, organic fertilizer and soil conditioner. The… …

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  • 108cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …

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  • 109Demogorgon (Dungeons & Dragons) — This article is about the demon prince in the Dungeons Dragons role playing game. For other uses of the term, see Demogorgon (disambiguation). Demogorgon Game background Title(s) Prince of Demons, Lord of All That Swims in Darkness Home plane… …

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  • 110Reservation in India — Reservation in Indian law is a form of affirmative action whereby a percentage of seats are reserved in the public sector units, union and state civil services, union and state government departments and in all public and private educational… …

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