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  • 11quenstedtite — ˈkwenˌsteˌtīt noun ( s) Etymology: German quenstedtit, from Friedrich A. Quenstedt died 1889 German mineralogist + German it ite : a mineral Fe2(SO4)3.10H2O consisting of a hydrous ferric sulfate …

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  • 12-quine — ˌkwēn, kwə̇n noun combining form ( s) Etymology: from quinoline : quinoline primaquine pentaquine …

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  • 13Quentin — /kwen tn/, n. a male or female given name: from a Latin word meaning fifth. * * * † ˈquentin Obs. rare 0. [a. F. quentin ‘French Laune’ (Cotgr.). Cf. quintin.] ‘A sort of French Linnen cloth that comes from S. Quentin in Picardy’ (Miége 1687;… …

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  • 14queen — (kwēn) n. 1. a) The wife or widow of a king. b) A woman sovereign. 2. a) A woman considered preeminent in a particular field: »the reigning queen of hip hop. b) A woman chosen as the winner o …

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  • 15quinquennium — [kwin kwen′ē ad΄, kwiŋ kwen′ē ad΄kwin kwen′ē əm, kwiŋkwen′ē əm] n. pl. quinquenniums or quinquennia [kwin kwen′ēə, kwiŋ kwen0ēə] [L < quinquennis: see QUINQUENNIAL] a period of five years: also quinquenniad [kwin kwen′ē ad΄, kwiŋ kwen′ē ad΄] …

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  • 16Lok Yiu — (駱耀) was a disciple of Yip Man in the discipline of Wing Chun. Lok Yiu Fun was born in 1922 and died in February 2006 at the age of 83 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong after a short battle with illness.He began training in Wing Chun… …

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  • 17Eu Tong Sen — (born 1877, Fushan;South China Morning Post, 12 May, 1941] died May 1941, Singapore) was a leading businessman in Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong during the late 19th and early 20th century. He was the son of Eu Kong Pui and Kong Pui s first wife …

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  • 18Hermann von Schlagintweit — Hermann Schlagintweit, Lithographie von Rudolf Hoffmann, 1858 …

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  • 19Список праиндоевропейских корней — Для улучшения этой статьи желательно?: Найти и оформить в виде сносок ссылки на авторитетные источники, подтверждающие написанное …

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  • 20quinquennium — /kwin kwen ee euhm, kwing /, n., pl. quinquenniums, quinquennia / kwen ee euh/. a period of five years. Also, quinquenniad /kwin kwen ee ad , kwing /. [1615 25; < L quinquennium; see QUINQUE , BIENNIUM] * * * …

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