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81order — n 1. command, commandment, mandate, dictate, dictum, direction, directive, instruction, behest, Archaic. hest, imperative, ultimatum; prescript, prescription, enjoinment; rule, regulation, act, law, ordinance, statute, edict, decree, fiat, ukase …
82shelf — n 1. bracket, hob; mantel, mantelpiece; platform, bench, banquette; ledge, protrusion, projection, overhang. 2. sandbank, sand bar, bank, bar, shoal, ridge, reef. 3. put on the shelf Slang. postpone, defer, prorogue, delay, suspend, hang up,… …
83unemployed — adj 1. out of work, jobless, workless, laid off, out of a job; idle, inactive, unoccupied, unbusied; free, at liberty, at leisure, leisured, Inf. off. 2. inoperative, nonfunctioning, nonperforming; unapplied, unexercised, unused, Sl. on the shelf …
84grommet — n. a flanged metal or plastic tube that is inserted in the eardrum in cases of glue ear. It allows air to enter the middle ear, bypassing the patient s own nonfunctioning Eustachian tube …
85heartwood — heart•wood [[t]ˈhɑrtˌwʊd[/t]] n. bot the dense, dark, nonfunctioning older wood at the core of a tree trunk; duramen • Etymology: 1795–1805 …
86eunuchism — eu·nuch (yo͞o’nək) n. 1) A castrated man, traditionally employed as a harem attendant or as a functionary in certain Asian courts. 2) Often Offensive A man or boy whose testes are nonfunctioning or have been removed. 3) Derogatory An ineffectual… …
87kaput — [adj] ruined, wrecked all washed up*, belly up*, burned out, cooked*, dead*, destroyed, done for, down and out, down for the count*, down the drain*, down the tubes*, finished, floored, had it, nonfunctioning, on the skids*, out of business, out… …
88foramen ovale — [ō vā′lē] n. the small, oval opening in the wall that separates the atria of the heart in a normal fetus: it allows blood to bypass the nonfunctioning fetal lungs until the time of birth when it gradually closes up …
89fritz — ☆ ☆ fritz [frits ] n. [< Ger, nickname for Friedrich: orig. meant a German; current sense in allusion to cheap German goods exported to U.S. before WWI ] Slang a broken or nonfunctioning state: only in the phrase on the fritz, not in working… …
90ALESSANDRIA — ALESSANDRIA, town in northern Italy. The first known Jewish settler in Alessandria was Abraham, son of Joseph Vitale de Sacerdoti (Cohen), who opened a loan bank in or about 1490. The subsequent history of the community, to modern times,… …
