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  • 111Stokes, Sir George Gabriel, 1st Baronet — ▪ British mathematician and physicist born Aug. 13, 1819, Skreen, County Sligo, Ire. died Feb. 1, 1903, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng.       British physicist and mathematician noted for his studies of the behaviour of viscous fluids,… …

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  • 112rheostosis — A hypertrophying and condensing osteitis that tends to run in longitudinal streaks or columns, like wax drippings on a candle, and that involves a number of the long bones. SYN: flowing hyperostosis, streak hyperostosis. [rheo + G. osteon, bone,… …

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  • 113Manuel Andrés Vélez — Manuel Andres Velez en 2011 Datos generales Nacimiento 23 de septiembre de 1993 (18&#16 …

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  • 114Psalms 97 — 1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies… …

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  • 115Moldavia —    Region north of the Danube between the eastern Carpathian Mountains and the Black Sea (q.v.), in what is today eastern Romania. Once part of the Roman province of Dacia, it was overrun successively by the Germans, Huns, and Avars (qq.v.). In… …

    Historical dictionary of Byzantium

  • 116waxy — [[t]wæ̱ksi[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is waxy looks or feels like wax. Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad. ...the waxy coating on the insect s body …

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  • 117waxy — UK [ˈwæksɪ] / US adjective Word forms waxy : adjective waxy comparative waxier superlative waxiest 1) smooth and shiny like wax waxy flower petals 2) British a waxy potato stays firm when it is boiled See: floury Derived word: waxiness noun… …

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  • 118κηροειδοῦς — κηροειδής like wax masc/fem/neut gen sg (attic epic doric) …

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  • 119κηροειδής — like wax masc/fem nom sg …

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  • 120polish — [1] A substance like wax used to make the exterior paint shine or gloss. See automobile polish car polish [2] The act of making the paint shine. [3] To remove the minor obstructions in the exhaust flow. A term sometimes coupled with porting, as… …

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