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  • 41sardine — sardine1 /sahr deen /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) sardine, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) sardines. 1. the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food. 2. any of various similar, closely related… …

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  • 42pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction       the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …

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  • 43cingulum — 1. SYN: girdle. 2. A well marked fiber bundle passing longitudinally in the white matter of the cingulate gyrus; the bundle extends from the region of the anterior perforated subst …

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  • 44coronary — 1. Relating to or resembling a crown. 2. Encircling; denoting various anatomical structures, e.g., nerves, blood vessel s, ligaments. 3. Specifically, denoting the c. blood vessel s of the heart and, colloquially, c. thrombosis. [L. coronarius;… …

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  • 45equator — A line encircling a globular body, equidistant at all points from the two poles; the periphery of a plane cutting a sphere at the midpoint of, and at right angles to, its axis. [Mediev. L. aequator, fr. L. aequo, to make equal] e. bulbi oculi… …

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  • 46Ring road — For other uses, see Ring road (disambiguation). Inner ring road of Sheffield, England …

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  • 48Ekkaia —  / Outer Ocean    Elvish name of the Outer Sea, encircling Arda; referred to also as the Outer Ocean and the Encircling Sea.        The Elvish name for the Encircling Sea that surrounded Arda …

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  • 49Gondolin —  / Hidden Realm     The Hidden Rock (see Ondolindë), secret city of King Turgon surrounded by the Encircling Mountains (Echoriath); destroyed by Morgoth.        Turgon s Hidden Refuge.    The great Hidden City of Turgon was concealed from friend… …

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  • 50belt — [[t]bɛlt[/t]] n. 1) clo a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist 2) any encircling or transverse band, strip, or stripe 3) an often extended region having distinctive properties or characteristics: a belt of… …

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