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41Sweet potato — Camote redirects here. For the island group in the Philippines, see Camotes Islands. Sweet Potato Sweet potato in flower Hemingway, South Carolina Scientific classification …
42Debt deflation — is a theory of economic cycles, which holds that recessions and depressions are due to the overall level of debt shrinking (deflating): the credit cycle is the cause of the economic cycle. The theory was developed by Irving Fisher following the… …
43abate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. decrease, lessen, moderate, diminish, subside; allay, slake, slacken, subdue; curtail, remit; let down (on), take off the edge (of). Ant., increase. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make less] Syn. reduce,… …
44Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies — North American colonies 1763–76 The cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies includes the foods, eating habits, and cooking methods of the British colonies in North America before the establishment of the United States in the 1770s and 1780s. It was… …
45police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… …
46diminish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. lessen, reduce, shrink, abridge; wane, dwindle, peter out, decrease.See littleness, contraction.Ant., increase. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To grow less] Syn. decrease, wane, abate, decline; see decrease 1 …
47lessen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. reduce, diminish, mitigate, abate, shorten. See decrease, moderation.Ant., increase, worsen. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To grow less] Syn. decrease, diminish, dwindle, decline; see decrease 1 . 2. [To… …
48wane — [wān] vi. waned, waning [ME wanien < OE wanian, to decrease, grow less, akin to wan, lacking: for IE base see WANT] 1. to grow gradually less in extent: said esp. of the visible face of the moon during the phases after full moon in which the… …
49Plant — For other uses, see Plant (disambiguation). Plants Temporal range: Early Cambrian to recent, but see text, 520–0 Ma …
50taper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. narrow; come to a point; lessen, slacken, slack off, diminish. n. candle, light; pyramid, cone, spire, etc. See narrowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. narrow, lessen, thin out, thin down, reduce, whittle …
