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  • 21sport — sportful, adj. sportfully, adv. sportfulness, n. sportless, adj. /spawrt, spohrt/, n. 1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing,… …

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  • 22painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 23Charles Deburau — Nadar: Charles Deburau as Pierrot, c. 1858. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Jean Charles Deburau (1829–1873) was an important French mime, the son and successor of the legendary Jean Gaspard Deburau, who was immortalized as Baptiste the Pierrot in …

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  • 24Sharabha — Shiva as Sharabha subduing Narasimha (Lord Vishnu), panel view from Munneswaram temple in Sri Lanka. Devanagari शरभ Sanskrit Transliteration …

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  • 25toy — I. n. 1. Plaything, bawble, gewgaw, trinket, knick knack, gimcrack, kickshaw. 2. Trifle, petty commodity. 3. Trifle, small matter, bubble, bagatelle. 4. Folly, wild fancy, odd conceit, trifling opinion. 5. Play, sport, amorous dalliance. 6. Silly …

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  • 26sport — [[t]spɔrt, spoʊrt[/t]] n. 1) spo an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature 2) spo such activities collectively 3) diversion; recreation 4) jest; pleasantry 5) mockery; ridicule: They made sport of… …

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  • 27sport — /spɔt / (say spawt) noun 1. an activity pursued for exercise or pleasure, usually requiring some degree of physical prowess, as hunting, fishing, racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, etc. 2. a particular form of such… …

  • 28Endearment — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Expression of affection or love. < N PARAG:Endearment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 endearment endearment caress Sgm: N 1 blandishment blandishment blandiment| Sgm: N 1 panchement panchement fondling billing and cooing… …

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  • 29play — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plega; akin to Old English plegan to play, Middle Dutch pleyen Date: before 12th century 1. a. swordplay b. archaic game, sport c. the conduct, course, or action of a game …

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  • 30Sidney Reilly — Lieutenant Sidney George Reilly, MC (c. March 24 1873/1874 – November 5 1925), famously known as the Ace of Spies , was a Jewish Russian or Ukrainian born adventurer and secret agent employed by Scotland Yard, the British Secret Service Bureau… …

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