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  • 11Escalator — For the album by Sam Gopal, see Escalator (album). Escalators in a Copenhagen Metro station, Denmark, 2007 Escalator in action, 2011 An e …

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  • 12Balance board — A balance board is a device used for recreation, athletic training, brain development, therapy, musical training and other kinds of personal development. It is a lever, similar to a see saw, that the user usually stands on, usually with the left… …

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  • 13Mouse (computing) — A computer mouse with the most common standard features: two buttons and a scroll wheel, which can also act as a third button In computing, a mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting two dimensional motion relative to its supporting …

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  • 14India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 15List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …

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  • 16Rice burner — is a pejorative used initially to describe Asian made particularly Japanese made motorcycles and automobiles. Many variations have also been used, such as rice rocket for Japanese sport bikes.More contemporary use of the term rice burner , along… …

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  • 17dolly — I. noun (plural dollies) Date: 1790 1. doll 2. a wooden pronged instrument for beating and stirring clothes in the process of washing them in a tub 3. a compact narrow gauge railroad locomotive for moving construction trains and for switching 4.… …

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  • 18japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 19Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 20off — 1 adverb, adjective (not before noun) 1 away or from where something is: Travis got into his car and drove off. | Suddenly they turned off and parked in a side road. | be off (=to leave): We re off now. Thanks for the meal! | be off to (=to go to …

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