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  • 31self-contained — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Austere] Syn. reticent, taciturn, constrained, uncommunicative; see reserved 3 . 2. [Independent] Syn. self sustaining, complete, independent; see free 1 , whole 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Free from the… …

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  • 32sustaining speed — The speed of an engine compressor and turbine at which the engine can keep itself running without having to depend on power from the starter to maintain a suitable compressor pressure ratio. It is more often referred to as self sustaining speed …

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  • 33self-sustainingly — See self sustaining. * * * …

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  • 34self-sustainingly — adverb see self sustaining …

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  • 35Self-enhancement — is a concept from the field of social psychology that is commonly used to describe the predisposition that individuals have ...to distort self appraisals so as to maintain the most favorable self view .Citation… …

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  • 36self-support — sustaining oneself …

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  • 37self-existent — adjective /ˌsɛlfɛɡzˈɪstənt/ a) Existing without having been created. b) Existing independent of any extrinsic sustaining force …

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  • 38Selves — Self Self, n.; pl. {Selves}. 1. The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings,… …

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  • 39Chicago Pile-1 — Site of the First Self Sustaining Nuclear Reaction U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …

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  • 40Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …

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