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31List of Middle-earth animals — Contents 1 Species 1.1 Crebain 1.2 Fell beasts 1.3 …
32William Duncombe — (January 19, 1690 February 26, 1769) was a British author and playwright. He worked in the Navy Office from 1706 until 1725. That year, he and Elizabeth Hughes won a very large lottery sum on a joint ticket. He married Elizabeth in 1726 and… …
33acting — /ak ting/, adj. 1. serving temporarily, esp. as a substitute during another s absence; not permanent; temporary: the acting mayor. 2. designed, adapted, or suitable for stage performance. 3. provided with detailed stage directions for the… …
34Arkansas — Arkansan /ahr kan zeuhn/, Arkansian /ahr kan zee euhn/, n., adj. /ahr keuhn saw /; also for 2 /ar kan zeuhs/, n. 1. state in S central United States; 2,285,513. 53,103 sq. mi. (137,537 sq. km). Cap.: Little Rock. Abbr.: AR (for use with zip code) …
35counterpose — /kown teuhr pohz /, v.t., counterposed, counterposing. to offer or place in opposition, response, or contrast. [1585 95; COUNTER + (PRO)POSE] * * * …
36Hegelianism — /hay gay lee euh niz euhm, hi jee /, n. the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic. [1855 60; HEGELIAN + ISM] * * * Diversified philosophical movement that developed out of G. W. F. Hegel s… …
37Leonardo da Vinci — /lee euh nahr doh deuh vin chee, lay /; It. /le aw nahrdd daw dah veen chee/. 1452 1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, mathematician, and scientist. * * * born April 15, 1452, Anchiano, Republic of Florence died May 2 …
38literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
39Trotskyism — /trot skee iz euhm/, n. the form of Communism advocated by Leon Trotsky, based on an immediate, worldwide revolution by the proletariat. [1920 25; TROTSKY + ISM] * * * Marxist ideology based on the theory of permanent revolution first expounded… …
40Zoroastrianism — /zawr oh as tree euh niz euhm, zohr /, n. an Iranian religion, founded c600 B.C. by Zoroaster, the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu,… …
