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  • 11Pregnant leach solution — (PLS) is acidic copper laden water generated from stockpile leaching and heap leaching. Pregnant Leach Solution is used in the SX/EW process.The portion of an original liquid that remains after other components have been dissolved by a solvent is …

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  • 12pregnant — [adj1] carrying developing offspring within the body abundant, anticipating, carrying a child, enceinte, expectant, expecting*, fecund, fertile, fraught, fruitful, gestating, gravid, heavy, hopeful, in family way*, parous, parturient, preggers*,… …

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  • 13pregnant mare's serum — pregnant mare s serum, a serum containing a hormone taken from pregnant mares and injected into ewes or cows to control ovulation …

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  • 14pregnant — index eloquent, productive, replete, strategic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 15prégnant — prégnant, ante (pré gnan, gnan t ) adj. 1°   Terme didactique. Qui porte en soi un germe de reproduction, en parlant d une femelle. J ai six brebis, dont trois prégnantes. 2°   Par extension, violent, pressant, comme le besoin d accoucher (emploi …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 16pregnant — meaningful, significant, *expressive, eloquent, sententious Analogous words: weighty, momentous, consequential, significant, important (see corresponding nouns at IMPORTANCE) …

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  • 17pregnant — PREGNANT, ou PREIGNANT, [preign]ante. adjectif. Violent, pressant. Il n a guere d usage que dans ces phrases. Douleurs pregnantes. maux aigus, pregnants …

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  • 18pregnant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus. 2) full of meaning or significance. ORIGIN Latin praegnans, probably from prae before + the base of gnasci be born …

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  • 19pregnant — preg|nant S3 [ˈpregnənt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: praegnans, from praegnas, from prae ( PRE ) + gnatus born ] 1.) if a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has an unborn baby growing inside her body →↑pregnancy ▪ medical care for …

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  • 20pregnant — preg|nant [ pregnənt ] adjective ** 1. ) if a woman is pregnant, she has a baby developing inside her body: You should not smoke if you are pregnant. I was eight months pregnant at the time. get/become pregnant: She s been trying to get pregnant… …

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