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  • 71en|cy|clo|pae|dic — en|cy|clo|pe|dic or en|cy|clo|pae|dic «ehn SY kluh PEE dihk», adjective. 1. covering a wide range of subjects; possessing wide and varied information: »an expert with encyclopedic knowledge. SYNONYM(S): comprehensive. 2. of or having to do with… …

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  • 72en|cy|clo|pae|dism — en|cy|clo|pe|dism or en|cy|clo|pae|dism «ehn SY kluh PEE dihz uhm», noun. encyclopedic learning; knowledge presented in an encyclopedic way. En|cy|clo|pe|dism «ehn SY kluh PEE dihz uhm», noun. the doctrines of the French Encyclopedists …

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  • 73en|cy|clo|pae|dist — en|cy|clo|pe|dist or en|cy|clo|pae|dist «ehn SY kluh PEE dihst», noun. a person who makes or compiles an encyclopedia. En|cy|clo|pe|dist «ehn SY kluh PEE dihst», noun. one of the writers of the French Encyclopedia edited by Denis Diderot and Jean …

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  • 74en|cy|clo|pae|dize — en|cy|clo|pe|dize or en|cy|clo|pae|dize «ehn SY kluh PEE dyz», transitive verb, dized, diz|ing. to treat, describe, or arrange as in an encyclopedia, or with encyclopedic fullness, accuracy, and system: »to encyclopedize knowledge …

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  • 75hy|pae|thral — «hih PEE thruhl, hy », adjective. open to the sky; having no roof, as a building. Also, hypethral. ╂[< Latin hypaethrus (< Greek hýpaithros < hypo under + aith air, ether) + English al1] …

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  • 76or|tho|pae|dic — «AWR thuh PEE dihk», adjective. orthopedic …

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  • 77pro|pae|deu|tic — «PROH pih DOO tihk, DYOO », adjective, noun. –adj. of, having to do with, or of the nature of preliminary instruction; introductory to some art or science. –n. a propaedeutic subject or study. ╂[< Greek propaideúein teach beforehand (< pró… …

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  • 78scor|pae|nid — «skr PEE nihd», noun. = scorpaenoid. (Cf. ↑scorpaenoid) …

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  • 79scor|pae|noid — «skr PEE noyd», adjective, noun. –adj. of or belonging to a family of marine fishes that have spiny fins, including the scorpionfishes. –n. a scorpaenoid fish. ╂[< Latin scorpaena a kind of fish (< Greek skórpaina) + English oid] …

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  • 80tro|pae|o|line — «troh PEE uh lihn, leen», noun. = tropaeolin. (Cf. ↑tropaeolin) …

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