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  • 121neap — adj. [ME. neep, neap] A series of tides exhibiting a small tidal range; occurring midway between spring tides …

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  • 122neaptide — neap tide (nēp) Neap tides occur when the sun, moon, and earth form a right angle and the gravitational pull of the sun counteracts the pull of the moon. Precision Graphics n. A tide that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is… …

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  • 123parsnip — /pahr snip/, n. 1. a plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated varieties of which have a large, whitish, edible root. 2. the root of this plant. [1350 1400; earlier pars(e)nep, pass(e)nep, ME pas(t)nep(e) < L past(inaca) parsnip ( …

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  • 124turnip — turniplike, adj. /terr nip/, n. 1. the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow fleshed rutabaga. 2. the plant itself. 3. the root of this plant used as a&#8230; …

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  • 125swede — noun /swiːd/ a) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable. b) The plant from which this is obtained. Syn: rutabaga, neep, yellow turnip, winter turnip …

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  • 126pressure — 1. A stress or force acting in any direction against resistance. 2. (P, frequently followed by a subscript indicating location)In physics and physiology, the force per unit area exerted by a gas or liquid against the walls of its container or&#8230; …

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  • 127List of ALF characters — A listing of the characters from the ALF television series that ran between 1986 1990. Contents 1 Gordon Shumway (ALF) 1.1 ALF in animation 2 The Tanner family 2.1 Willie …

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