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  • 31Lesotho — /leuh sooh tooh, soh toh/, n. a monarchy in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 2,007,814; 11,716 sq. mi. (30,344 sq. km). Cap.: Maseru. Formerly, Basutoland. * * * Lesotho… …

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  • 32United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 33weave — [wiːv] (past tense wove [wəʊv] ; past participle woven [ˈwəʊv(ə)n] ) verb 1) [I/T] to make cloth by crossing long THREADS over and under each other on a special machine 2) [T] to create an object by weaving or by twisting pieces of things… …

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  • 34mill — /mɪl / (say mil) noun 1. a building or establishment fitted with machinery, in which any of various mechanical operations or forms of manufacture is carried on, especially the spinning or weaving of cotton or wool. 2. a mechanical appliance or a… …

  • 35shut|tle — «SHUHT uhl», noun, verb, tled, tling, adjective. –n. 1. a) the device that carries the thread from one side of the web to the other in weaving: »My days are swifter than a weaver s shuttle (Job 7:6). b) a similar device on which thread is wound,… …

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  • 36Ukraine — /yooh krayn , kruyn , yooh krayn/, n. a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 50,684,635; 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Cap.: Kiev. Russian, Ukraina. Formerly, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Ukraine… …

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  • 37Māori people — For the Māori people of the Cook Islands, see Cook Islanders. Māori …

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  • 38mill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grinder, millstone, millrace; factory, plant, works, shop; (pl.) industry. See business, contention. v. i. stir, wander. See circularity. v. t. grind, pulverize. See powderiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 …

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  • 39Mathematics — Maths and Math redirect here. For other uses see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3r …

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  • 40UNITED STATES LITERATURE — The Influence of the Bible and Hebrew Culture The Jewish influence on American literary expression predated the actual arrival of Jews in the United States in 1654, for the Puritan culture of New England was marked from the outset by a deep… …

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