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  • 101Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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  • 102United 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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  • 103biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 104Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park — IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area) …

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  • 105Nebula Science Fiction — The December 1956 issue of Nebula. The cover is by James Stark, whose work is described by science fiction art historian David Hardy as severe portrayals of technology against which men were mere ants .[1] Nebula Science Fiction was the first… …

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  • 106desultory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. aimless, fitful, rambling, unmethodical, erratic. See disorder, irregularity, deviation, diffuseness, discontinuance. Ant., stable, constant. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. erratic, random,… …

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  • 107inconstant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unstable, irregular; fickle, changeable, faithless. See changeableness.Ant., constant, unchanging. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. changeable, fickle, variable, capricious, unstable; see also changeable …

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  • 108unsteady — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fluctuating, waving, shifting, vacillating, irresolute, shaky, tottery, wobbly, infirm. See inequality, changeableness, agitation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wobbly] Syn. unstable, wiggly, wavering …

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  • 109changeable — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of persons ] Syn. inconstant, unstable, fickle, irresolute, flighty, irresponsible, unreliable, purposeless, wayward, unsettled, motiveless, uncertain, spasmodic, fanciful, impulsive, wavering, uneasy, unsteady,… …

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  • 110silly — /ˈsɪli / (say silee) adjective (sillier, silliest) 1. lacking good sense; foolish; stupid. 2. absurd or ridiculous. 3. Cricket (of a fielding position) close in to the batsman s wicket: silly mid off. 4. Colloquial (euphemistic) ineffectual;… …