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  • 111Callous — Cal lous, a. [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.] 1. Hardened; indurated. A callous hand. Goldsmith. A callous ulcer. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.… …

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  • 112Callously — Callous Cal lous, a. [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.] 1. Hardened; indurated. A callous hand. Goldsmith. A callous ulcer. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling;… …

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  • 113Armour — (or armor) is protective covering, most commonly manufactured from metals, to prevent damage from being inflicted to an individual or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat. While early armour tended …

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  • 114Keratin — Not to be confused with kerogen, carotene, chitin, or creatine. Microscopy of keratin filaments inside cells. Keratin refers to a family of fibrous structural proteins. Keratin is the key structural material making up the outer layer of human… …

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  • 115One Power — In The Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan, the One Power is the force that maintains the continuous motion of the Wheel of Time. It comes from the True Source, and it is separated into two halves: saidin /saɪˈd …

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  • 116Gelding — A gelding is a castrated animal mdash; in English, the term specifically refers to a castrated male horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule. As a verb, it also refers to the castration procedure itself. The word comes from the Old Norse… …

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  • 117Kaminaljuyu — is a Pre Columbian site of the Maya civilization. Kaminaljuyu has been described as one of the greatest of all archaeological sites in the New World by Michael Coe, [Coe (2005, p. 52)] although its remains today a few mounds only are far less… …

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  • 118Cucurbita foetidissima — Buffalo gourds in Puente Hills Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 119callus — /kal euhs/, n., pl. calluses, v., callused, callusing. n. 1. Pathol., Physiol. a. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. b. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them. 2. Also, callose.… …

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  • 120flatworm — /flat werrm /, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. [1895 1900; FLAT1 + WORM] * * * or platyhelminth… …

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