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  • 71Portuguese Water Dog — (Canis lupus subsp. familiaris) Portuguese Water Dog Other names Cão de Água Português Nicknames Portie, PWD, Water Dog Country of origin Portugal …

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  • 72Caput mortuum — is a Latin term whose literal meaning is dead head or worthless remains [cite book | last = Stone | first = Jon R. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations | publisher = Routledge | date = 2005 |… …

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  • 73Ginmei — is a fictional sword that appears in the PSP video game Kingdom of Paradise. In the game it is wielded by the protagonist, Shinbu of the Eastern Seiryu Clan. It appears to be a standard Oriental style double edged sword, but its blade is… …

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  • 74Staff car — A staff car is a vehicle used by a senior military officer, and is part of their country s white fleet. The term is most often used in relation to the United Kingdom. Staff cars are often painted in camouflage colours, or plain black. In U.S.A.,… …

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  • 75Death of Edgar Allan Poe — Poe s body lies beneath this monument in Baltimore. The death of the author is surrounded in mystery …

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  • 76Deodand (fictional creature) — In Jack Vance s Dying Earth fiction, the Deodand is a recurring creature.It is carnivorous, malicious, and sentient, and is described by Vance as formed and featured like a handsome man, finely muscled, but with a dead black lusterless skin and… …

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  • 77Rakta dhatu — In Ayurvedic Medicine, rakta dhatu means blood tissue and its circulation. [Vinod Verma [http://books.google.com/books?id=wlJSAGRPNi4C Ayurveda: A Way of Life] Weiser, 1995 ISBN 0877288224 p61] According to Charaka Samhita (200 B.C.), the most… …

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  • 78charvet — /shahr vay, shahr vay /, n. a soft, lusterless silk or rayon tie fabric, often made with a faint stripe effect. [named after the French firm] * * * …

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  • 79clay — clay1 claylike, adj. /klay/, n. 1. a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc. 2. earth; mud. 3. earth, esp. regarded as the material from… …

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  • 80frosting — /fraw sting, fros ting/, n. 1. a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing. 2. a dull or lusterless finish, as on metal or glass. 3. a process of highlighting the hair by bleaching selected… …

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