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  • 41ground loop — noun a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground • Hypernyms: ↑mishap, ↑misadventure, ↑mischance * * * noun : a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane on the ground in landing, taking off, or taxiing * * * …

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  • 42make — v 1. fabricate, manufacture, produce, mint; construct, build, assemble, set up; erect, elevate, raise, rear, put up; mold, form, fashion, model, shape, frame; create, invent, originate, devise, contrive, compose, write, put together; cast, block …

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  • 43Ground-elder — Taxobox name = Ground elder image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Apiales familia = Apiaceae genus = Aegopodium species = A. podagraria binomial = Aegopodium podagraria binomial authority =… …

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  • 44make headway — critics charge that the ground troops are making no headway in their purported mission Syn: make progress, progress, make strides, gain ground, advance, proceed, move, get ahead, come along, take shape …

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  • 45ground control — noun a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a ground controlled approach to landing • Hypernyms: ↑communication system * * * ˈground control [ground control] noun uncountable …

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  • 46ground-loop — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: ground loop intransitive verb of an airplane or pilot : to make a ground loop transitive verb : to cause (an airplane) to ground loop …

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  • 47Ground hog — Hog Hog (h[o^]g), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc h, hoc h. Cf. {Haggis}, {Hogget}, and {Hoggerel}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera… …

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  • 48Ground wire (transmission line) — In a transmission line, ground wires are wires that run above the usual conductors.In the early days of power engineering, lightning was not well understood. Although it was described generally as electricity coming out of the sky, more specific… …

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  • 49ground rod — a metal rod embedded in the ground to make a ground connection to the earth. * * * …

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  • 50ground — graÊŠnd n. soil; earth; bottom; field, area; base, foundation v. set on the ground; found, establish; teach someone the basics; attach to the earth (about an electrical conductor) adj. on or near the ground; broken into fine particles; shaped by… …

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