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  • 81France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 82gaga — /gah gah /, adj. Informal. 1. excessively and foolishly enthusiastic: The public went gaga over the new fashions. 2. ardently fond; infatuated: He s gaga over the new girl in class. 3. demented; crazy; dotty. Also, ga ga. [1915 20; < F; imit.] *&#8230; …

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  • 83gushy — gushily, adv. gushiness, n. /gush ee/, adj., gushier, gushiest. given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc. [1835 45; GUSH + Y1] Syn. emotional, enthusiastic, unrestrained, demonstrative, unreserved. * * * …

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  • 84japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,&#8230; …

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  • 85Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the&#8230; …

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  • 86Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the&#8230; …

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  • 87Methodism — /meth euh diz euhm/, n. 1. the doctrines, polity, beliefs, and methods of worship of the Methodists. 2. (l.c.) the act or practice of working, proceeding, etc., according to some method or system. 3. (l.c.) an excessive use of or preoccupation&#8230; …

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  • 88radar — /ray dahr/, n. 1. Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns. 2. a means or sense of awareness or&#8230; …

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  • 89Jerome, Saint — born с 347, Stridon, Dalmatia died 419/420, Bethlehem, Palestine Church Father and biblical translator. Born into a wealthy Christian family in Dalmatia, he was educated there and in Rome. Baptized с 366, he spent most of the next 20 years in&#8230; …

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  • 90Newton, Sir Isaac — born Jan. 4, 1643, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, Eng. died March 31, 1727, London English physicist and mathematician. The son of a yeoman, he was raised by his grandmother. He was educated at Cambridge University (1661–65), where he discovered the&#8230; …

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