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  • 21wood screws — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …

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  • 22Fossil buttonmolds — Buttonmold But ton*mold , n. A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth. [Written also {buttonmould}.] [1913 Webster] {Fossil buttonmolds}, joints of encrinites. See {Encrinite}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 23fossil — Synonyms and related words: Methuselah, afterglow, afterimage, ancient manuscript, antediluvian, antique, antiquity, archaism, artifact, back number, balance, butt, butt end, candle ends, cave painting, chaff, conservative, dad, debris, detritus …

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  • 24Petrified wood — (from the Greek root petro meaning rock or stone , literally wood turned into stone ) is a type of fossil: it consists of fossil wood where all the organic materials have been replaced with minerals (most often a silicate, such as quartz), while… …

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  • 25petrified wood — Fossil formed by the infiltration of minerals into cavities between and within cells of natural wood, usually by silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) or calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO3). Often this replacement of organic tissue by mineral deposits is …

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  • 26Living fossil — is an informal term for any living species (or clade) of organism which appears to be the same as a species otherwise only known from fossils and has no close living relatives. These species have all survived major extinction events, and… …

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  • 27Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation — The Non Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO) refers to a collection of orders requiring the electricity Distribution Network Operators in England and Wales to purchase electricity from the nuclear power and renewable energy sectors. Similar mechanisms… …

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  • 28Morta (wood) — Morta is a semi fossilized wood. It is created when large trees are felled or overturned by geologic activity and become buried in an oxygen limited fashion, usually in peat or clay. The wood is unable to rot normally so it begins the long… …

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  • 29Pauline Fossil — Infobox Person name = Pauline Fossil image size = caption = (right to left) Emma Watson as Pauline, Yasmin Paige as Petrova, Lucy Boynton as Posy, and Victoria Wood as Nana in Ballet Shoes. birth date = December birth place = Unknown. education …

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  • 30Posy Fossil — Infobox Person name = Posy Fossil image size = caption = (right to left) Emma Watson as Pauline, Yasmin Paige as Petrova, Lucy Boynton as Posy, and Victoria Wood as Nana in Ballet Shoes. birth date = September birth place = Unknown education =… …

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