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71ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Also, A.S.E.A.N. * * * in full Association of Southeast Asian Nations International organization established by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in 1967 to… …
72bi- — 1 a combining form meaning twice, two, used in the formation of compound words: bifacial; bifarious. Cf. bin . [ < L, comb. form of bis; see TWICE] Usage. All words except biennial referring to periods of time and prefixed by BI 1 are potentially …
73equatorial tide — a semimonthly tide that appears when the moon is over the equator. * * * …
74hospital — /hos pi tl/, n. 1. an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment. 2. a similar establishment for the care of animals. 3. a repair shop for specific portable objects: violin hospital; doll hospital. 4.… …
75mass transit — a system of large scale public transportation in a given metropolitan area, typically comprising buses, subways, and elevated trains. Cf. rapid transit. * * * Transportation systems, usually publicly but sometimes privately owned and operated,… …
76medicine — /med euh sin/ or, esp. Brit., /med seuhn/, n., v., medicined, medicining. n. 1. any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy. 2. the art or science of restoring or preserving health or due physical condition …
77optics — /op tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision. [1605 15; < ML optica < Gk optiká, n. use of neut. pl. of OPTIKÓS; see OPTIC,… …
78semi- — a combining form borrowed from Latin, meaning half, freely prefixed to English words of any origin, now sometimes with the senses partially, incompletely, somewhat : semiautomatic; semidetached; semimonthly; semisophisticated. [ME < L semi ; c.… …
79Serbia — /serr bee euh/, n. a former kingdom in S Europe: now, with revised boundaries, a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the N part; includes the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. 9,660,000; 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Cap.:… …
80Jehovah's Witness — Member of an international religious movement founded in Pittsburgh, Pa. , by Charles T. Russell in 1872. The movement was originally known as the International Bible Students Association, but its name was changed by Russell s successor, Joseph… …
