to lie motionless
41Stiller — Still Still, a. [Compar. {Stiller}; superl. {Stillest}.] [OE. stille, AS. stille; akin to D. stil, OS. & OHG. stilli, G. still, Dan. stille, Sw. stilla, and to E. stall; from the idea of coming to a stand, or halt. Cf. {Still}, adv.] 1.… …
42Stillest — Still Still, a. [Compar. {Stiller}; superl. {Stillest}.] [OE. stille, AS. stille; akin to D. stil, OS. & OHG. stilli, G. still, Dan. stille, Sw. stilla, and to E. stall; from the idea of coming to a stand, or halt. Cf. {Still}, adv.] 1.… …
43Perpetual motion — For other uses, see Perpetual motion (disambiguation). Robert Fludd s 1618 water screw perpetual motion machine from a 1660 wood engraving. This device is widely credited as the first recorded attempt to describe such a device in order to produce …
44Battle of Mobile Bay — Part of the American Civil War …
45perception — perceptional, adj. /peuhr sep sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding. 2. immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic… …
46Curb-stomp — Curb stomping is a violent assault in which the attacker forces the victim to lie down prone on the street and bite the curb (i.e., head face down on the curb, with mouth opened so teeth contact the curb), following which the attacker stomps on… …
47Nationalist attack of San Juan — Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Series Flag of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party …
48Science and mathematics from the Renaissance to Descartes — George Molland Early in the nineteenth century John Playfair wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica a long article entitled ‘Dissertation; exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Mathematics and Physical Science, since the Revival of Letters …
49still — still1 [stil] adj. [ME < OE stille, akin to Ger still < IE * stelnu < base * stel , to place, set up, standing, immobile > STALK1, STALL1, L locus, place, Gr stēlē, a post] 1. without sound; quiet; silent 2. hushed, soft, or low in… …
50analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… …
