is being used
101insect — Used to refer to a mean and contemptible person since the late seventeenth century, though none of the citations given by the Oxford English Dictionary shows the term being used in direct address. ‘Presumptuous insect’ is said to Eliza… …
102shepherd — Used as a simple professional title to a country shepherd in novels describing rural life in former times, such as Far from the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy. The novel contains many examples of its use. In The Pickwick Papers, by Charles… …
103in use — being used, occupied, taken; in operation, in service; operational, functional …
104running out of — being used up, decreasing in amount of …
105articles in use — objects being used …
106china — /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 …
107China — /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 …
108Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
109environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
110India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
