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  • 31fathom — I. noun Etymology: Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patēre to be open, pandere to spread out, Greek petannynai Date: before 12th century 1. a… …

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  • 32Intersexuality — is the state of a living thing of a gonochoristic species whose sex chromosomes, genitalia, and/or secondary sex characteristics are determined to be neither exclusively male nor female. An organism with intersex may have biological… …

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  • 33Kayak — A kayak is a small human powered boat. It typically has a covered deck, and a cockpit covered by a spraydeck. It is propelled by a double bladed paddle in the hands of a sitting paddler. The kayak was used by the native Ainu, Aleut and Eskimo… …

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  • 34Pole vault — Pole vaulting is an athletic field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as… …

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  • 35Isis — This article discusses the ancient goddess Isis. For other uses, see Isis (disambiguation). Isis The goddess Isis is portrayed as a woman, wearing a headress shaped like a throne; sometimes she is also shown with bird s wings. Goddess of… …

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  • 36Passover Seder — Table set for the Passover Seder. The Passover Seder (Hebrew: סֵדֶר‎ [ˈsedeʁ], order, arrangement ; Yiddish: Seyder) is a Jewish ritual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. It is conducted on the evenings of the 14th… …

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  • 37Jiang Shi — Chinese name Traditional Chinese 僵屍 Simplified Chinese 僵尸 Literal meaning stiff corpse …

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  • 38Latin grammar — The grammar of Latin, like that of other ancient Indo European languages, is highly inflected, which allows for a large degree of flexibility when choosing word order. In Latin there are five declensions of nouns and four conjugations of verbs.… …

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  • 39Fathom — unit of length m= 1.8288000 accuracy=5 A fathom is a unit of length in the Imperial system (and the derived U.S. customary units), used especially for measuring the depth of water. There are 2 yards (6 feet) in a fathom. Encyclopædia Britannica… …

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  • 40Closed position — Pierre Auguste Renoir, Bal à Bougival, 1883 In partner dancing, closed position is a category of positions in which partners hold each other while facing at least approximately toward each other. Closed positions employ either body contact or… …

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