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  • 91Black Ships — For the 2008 novel of this title, see Jo Graham. Not to be confused with The Black Ships (band) or Kurofune (EP). Japanese 1854 print describing Commodore Matthew Perry s Black Ships . The Black Ships (in Japanese, 黒船, kurofune, Edo Period… …

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  • 92pitch — I. noun Etymology: Middle English pich, from Old English pic, from Latin pic , pix; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavic pĭcĭlŭ Date: before 12th century 1. a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of… …

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  • 93pitch — pitch1 noun 1》 the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.     ↘a standard degree of highness or lowness used in performance: the guitars were strung and tuned to pitch. 2》… …

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  • 94Black Mountains (North Carolina) — Geobox|Mountain Range name=Black Mountains category= image caption=View over Black Mountains from Blue Ridge Parkway, 2002 country=United States state=North Carolina parent=Appalachian Mountains border= highest=Mount Mitchell highest elevation… …

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  • 95Black Rock Forest — Geobox|Protected Area name = Black Rock Forest native name = other name = category = Nature reserve etymology = Magnetite deposits in forestcite web|title=Geology|url=http://www.blackrockforest.org/docs/about the forest/the… …

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  • 96Black-billed Magpie — Taxobox name = Black billed Magpie regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Corvidae genus = Pica species = P. hudsonia binomial = Pica hudsonia binomial authority = Sabine, 1823The Black billed Magpie is… …

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  • 97Black billionaires — This article refers to actual or incipient billionaires (as measured by U.S. dollars) who have some degree of black ancestry. Not everyone in this article is considered black by all definitions. According to the 2008 Forbes International… …

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  • 98Black Honeyeater — A male on a Jacaranda …

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  • 99black — /blæk / (say blak) adjective 1. without brightness or colour; absorbing all or nearly all the rays emitted by a light source. 2. wearing black or dark clothing, armour, etc.: the black prince. 3. relating or belonging to an ethnic group… …

  • 100pitch — A resinous substance obtained from tar after the volatile substances have been expelled by boiling. SYN: pix. [L. pix] Burgundy p. a resinous exudation from the spruce fir or Norway spruce, Picea excelsa; has been used as a counterirritant in the …

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