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  • 71japan — 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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  • 72Japan — /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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  • 73North America — North American. the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m); lowest, Death Valley, 276 ft. (84 m) below sea level. 400,000,000 including… …

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  • 74voir — [ vwar ] v. <conjug. : 30> • XIIe veoir; vedeir 980; lat. videre I ♦ V. intr. (1080 vedeir) Percevoir les images des objets par le sens de la vue. C est « un postulat bien ancré, qu un nouveau né [...] “ça” ne voit pas » (F. Leboyer). Ne… …

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  • 75Icebiking — (also referred to as snowbiking or winter biking) is the activity of cycling in cold winter weather on roads and paths covered with snow, ice, and slush. In addition to the challenges of cold weather and slippery road surfaces, winter bikers also …

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  • 76Enghien-les-Bains — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Enghien (homonymie). L esplanade Patenôtre Desnoyers et le lac d En …

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  • 77dam — dam1 /dam/, n., v., dammed, damming. n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river. 2. a body of water confined by a dam. 3. any barrier resembling a dam. v.t. 4. to furnish with a …

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  • 78Dam — /dam, dahm/, n. (Carl Peter) Henrik /kahrl pee ter hen rik/; Dan. /kahrddl pay teuhrdd hen rddik/, 1895 1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943. * * * I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such… …

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  • 79plat — 1. plat, plate [ pla, plat ] adj. et n. m. • 1080; lat. pop. °plattus, gr. platus « large, étendu » I ♦ Adj. A ♦ (Concret) 1 ♦ Qui présente une surface plane, et spécialt horizontale, ou à peu près plane et horizontale. Les Anciens croyaient que… …

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  • 80Titan (moon) — Titan Titan in 2005 by Cassini spacecraft Discovery Discovered by Christiaan Huygens …

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