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51Jumping position — The jumping position is a position used by equestrians when jumping over an obstacle. It usually involves what is known as the forward seat or 2 point because the rider has 2 points in contact with the horse; the legs and hands. It was first… …
52The Queers — Datos generales Origen Portsmouth, Nuevo Hampshire, Estados Unidos …
53bridge — bridge1 bridgeable, adj. bridgeless, adj. bridgelike, adj. /brij/, n., v., bridged, bridging, adj. n. 1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or… …
54harden — hardenable, adj. hardenability, n. /hahr dn/, v.t. 1. to make hard or harder: to harden steel. 2. to make pitiless or unfeeling: to harden one s heart. 3. to make rigid or unyielding; stiffen: The rigors of poverty hardened his personality. 4. to …
55materials science — the study of the characteristics and uses of various materials, as glass, plastics, and metals. [1960 65] * * * Study of the properties of solid materials and how those properties are determined by the material s composition and structure, both… …
56stiffener — /stif euh neuhr, stif neuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that stiffens. 2. any substance, as starch or buckram, that serves to stiffen fabric. [1690 1700; STIFFEN + ER1] * * * …
57government economic policy — ▪ finance Introduction measures by which a government attempts to influence the economy. The national budget generally reflects the economic policy of a government, and it is partly through the budget that the government exercises its three …
58Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) — This article is about the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which collapsed in 1940. For the article on the current bridges, see Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Tacoma Narrows Bridge The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge roadway twisted and vibrated violently… …
59congeal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. solidify, harden, fix, gel, jell, set, coagulate, stiffen, thicken; freeze; condense. See density, hardness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To solidify as by freezing or curdling] Syn. set, refrigerate,… …
60set — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. place, put, station; arrange, prepare; establish; mount; adjust, regulate; fix, assign, appoint; plant, set out; overthrow, unsettle; sink, go down; solidify, jell, harden; start out. See location,… …
