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  • 1effect — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 change that is caused by sth ADJECTIVE ▪ decisive, dramatic, far reaching, important, marked, powerful, profound, pronounced, significant …

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  • 2Dæmon (His Dark Materials) — Leonardo da Vinci s Lady with an Ermine (1489–90), along with two portraits by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Hans Holbein the Younger, helped inspire Pullman s dæmon concept.[1] A dæmon (pronounced /ˈdiːm …

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  • 3The Lotus Eaters (Weinbaum) — Infobox short story | name = The Lotus Eaters author = Stanley G. Weinbaum country = flag|USA language = English series = Ham Hammond genre = Science fiction short story published in = Astounding Stories publication type = Periodical publisher =… …

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  • 4Great white shark — Taxobox name = Great white shark fossil range = Pliocene to recent status = VU trend = unknown status system = iucn2.3 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis = Elasmobranchii ordo = Lamniformes …

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  • 5The Tripods — This article is about the novel series. For other uses, see Tripod (disambiguation). The Tripods is a series of young adult novels written by John Christopher, beginning in 1967. The first two were the basis of a science fiction TV series,… …

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  • 6anesthetic — anesthetically, adv. /an euhs thet ik/, n. 1. a substance that produces anesthesia, as halothane, procaine, or ether. adj. 2. pertaining to or causing physical insensibility: an anesthetic gas. 3. physically insensitive: Halothane is used to… …

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  • 7Michael Madhusudan Dutt — Michael Madhusudan Dutta Michael Madhusudan Dutt Born 25 January 1824(1824 01 25) Sagardanri village, Jessore, British India Died 29 June 1873(1873 06 29) …

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  • 8Sweet grass — Taxobox name = Sweet Grass (inter alia) image width = 220px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae genus = Hierochloe species = H. odorata binomial = Hierochloe odorata binomial authority =… …

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  • 9Melatonin — A hormone produced by the pineal gland, melatonin is intimately involved in regulating the sleeping and waking cycles, among other processes. Melatonin supplements are sometimes used by people who have chronic insomnia. Always see your doctor… …

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  • 10Medicine in medieval Islam — In the history of medicine, Islamic medicine or Arabic medicine refers to medicine developed in the medieval Islamic civilization and written in Arabic, the lingua franca of the Islamic civilization. Despite these names, a significant number of… …

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