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  • 51Woad-waxen — Woad wax en, n. [Cf. {Wood wax}.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; called also {greenwood}, {greenweed}, {dyer s greenweed}, and {whin}, {wood wash}, {wood wax}, and {wood… …

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  • 52Marylyn Dintenfass — (1943 ) is an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor.[1] She is primarily known for her oil paintings, which use a dynamic color palette and lexicon of gestural imagery to explore dualities in the human experience and everyday sensual… …

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  • 53epigraphy — epigraphist, epigrapher, n. /i pig reuh fee/, n. 1. the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, esp. of ancient inscriptions. 2. inscriptions collectively. [1850 55; EPIGRAPH + Y3] * * * ▪ historiography Introduction  the study of written… …

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  • 54woad — n. Weld, dyer s weed, woad waxen, wood waxen, wood wax, dyer s broom (Genista tinctoria) …

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  • 55Adiabatic flame temperature — In the study of combustion, there are two types of adiabatic flame temperature depending on how the process is completed: constant volume and constant pressure. The constant volume adiabatic flame temperature is the temperature that results from… …

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  • 56ormolu — /awr meuh looh /, n. 1. Also called mosaic gold. an alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold. 2. Also called bronze doré, gilt bronze. gilded metal, esp. cast brass or bronze gilded over fire with an amalgam of gold and mercury, used for… …

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  • 57TIMOR —    (500), the largest of the long chain of islands which stretches eastward from Java, of volcanic formation, mountainous, wooded, and possessing deposits of various metals, but mainly exports maize, sandal wood, wax, tortoise shell, &c.;… …

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  • 58mannequin — /ˈmænəkən / (say manuhkuhn), / kwən/ (say kwuhn) noun 1. a model of the human figure made of wood, wax, etc., used by tailors, dress designers, etc., for displaying or fitting clothes. 2. → model (def. 5a). {French, from Dutch manneken. See… …

  • 59match — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a contest or game of skill etc. in which persons or teams compete against each other. 2 a a person able to contend with another as an equal (meet one s match; be more than a match for). b a person equal to another in some quality… …

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  • 60Copernicia alba — Wax palm Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiospe …

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