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  • 111delay — [n] deferment, interruption adjournment, bind, check, cooling off period*, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, detention, discontinuation, downtime*, filibuster, hangup*, hindrance, holding, holding pattern*, hold up*, impediment, interval, jam, lag …

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  • 112Winter service vehicle — A winter service vehicle (WSV), or snow removal vehicle, is used to clear thoroughfares of ice and snow.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6342887.stm|title=How do snowplough drivers get to work?|publisher=BBC News Magazine… …

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  • 113Flush toilet — A flush toilet or Water Closet (WC) is a toilet that disposes of human waste by using water to flush it through a drainpipe to another location. Flushing mechanisms are found more often on western toilets (used in the sitting position), but many… …

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  • 114Sewage treatment — The objective of sewage treatment is to produce a disposable effluent without causing harm to the surrounding environment, and also prevent pollution.[1] Sewage treatment, or domestic wastewater treatment, is the process of removing contaminants… …

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  • 115Sid Vicious — Infobox musical artist Name = Sid Vicious Img capt = Sid Vicious Background = solo singer Birth name = John Simon Ritchie Alias = Sid Vicious Born = birth date|1957|5|10|df=y London, England Died = death date and age|1979|2|2|1957|5|10|df=y New… …

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  • 116Portable toilet — A portable toilet, also known as a porta potty , is a modern, portable, self contained outhouse manufactured of molded plastic in a variety of colors and are often used as a temporary toilet for construction sites and large social gatherings.… …

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  • 117Cotton-Eyed Joe — also known as Cotton Eye Joe Published pre 1861 Cotton Eyed Joe is a popular American folk song known at various times throughout the United States and Canada, although today it is most commonly associated with the American South. In the Roud… …

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  • 118Milling cutter — Milling cutters are cutting tools typically used in milling machines or machining centres (and occasionally in other machine tools). They remove material by their movement within the machine (e.g., a ball nose mill) or directly from the cutter s… …

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  • 119stall — I verb arrest, avert, bar, block, bog, break down, bring to a standstill, check, dally, dawdle, defer, delay, detain, dillydally, disable, filibuster, halt, hamper, hinder, hold up, impede, incapacitate, inhibit, interrupt, keep back, lag, linger …

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  • 120constrict — v 1. cramp, squeeze, tighten, pinch, Inf. tighten up on, Inf. put the squeeze on, strangle, strangulate, draw or press in, bind, wrap up, coarctate, straiten, constringe, compress, astringe; contract, shrink, narrow, reduce, decrease, diminish,… …

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