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  • 81mimicry — /mim ik ree/, n., pl. mimicries. 1. the act, practice, or art of mimicking. 2. Biol. the close external resemblance of an organism, the mimic, to some different organism, the model, such that the mimic benefits from the mistaken identity, as… …

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  • 82orchid — /awr kid/, n. 1. any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers. Cf. orchid family. 2. the flower of any of these plants. 3. a bluish to reddish purple. [1835 45; < NL …

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  • 83United 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&#8230; …

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  • 84Lincoln, Abraham — born Feb. 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Ky., U.S. died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C. 16th president of the U.S. (1861–65). Born in a Kentucky log cabin, he moved to Indiana in 1816 and to Illinois in 1830. After working as a storekeeper, a rail&#8230; …

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  • 85chemical bonding — ▪ chemistry Introduction       any of the interactions that account for the association of atoms into molecules, ions, crystals, and other stable species that make up the familiar substances of the everyday world. When atoms approach one another …

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  • 86publishing, history of — Introduction       an account of the selection, preparation, and marketing of printed matter from its origins in ancient times to the present. The activity has grown from small beginnings into a vast and complex industry responsible for the&#8230; …

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  • 87Higher education in Minnesota — See also: List of colleges and universities in Minnesota Contents 1 The Effect of Public Institutions on Local Economies: How MnSCU Campuses Reduce Unemployment in Minnesota 1.1 Abstract 1.1.1 Introduction …

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  • 88Opinion polling in the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 — began just over a year before the election in January 2010. The major difference between the polls before 2011 and the polls before previous elections was the larger than expected support for the True Finns. Contents 1 Polling information 2 Polls …

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  • 89attraction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Drawing toward Nouns 1. (act of attracting) attraction, attractiveness; drawing to, pulling toward, adduction, magnetism, gravity, gravitation; affinity. See traction. 2. (something that attracts)&#8230; …

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  • 90slip — slip1 W2S3 [slıp] v past tense and past participle slipped present participle slipping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(fall or slide)¦ 2¦(go somewhere)¦ 3¦(put something somewhere)¦ 4¦(give something to somebody)¦ 5¦(move)¦ 6¦(knife)¦ 7¦(get worse)¦ …

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