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  • 21List of incidents famously considered great blunders — A blunder is a spectacularly bad or embarrassing mistake a bad decision with a disastrous result. This is a list of what are widely considered to be major, historically significant blunders.To be included in this list an incident must meet two… …

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  • 22The Great Rosebud Hoax — Infobox Album | Name = The Great Rosebud Hoax Type = EP Artist = The Stems Released = 1987 Recorded = Genre = Alternative rock Length = Label = Citadel Records Producer = Guy Gray Alan Thorne Dom Mariani Reviews = Last album = At First Sight,… …

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  • 23straw stalactite; straw —    1. The simplest form of stalactite a fragile, thin walled tube, normally of calcite, which is the diameter of the drops of water that hang from its end and continue its growth. Though only about5mm in diameter, straw stalactites (or straws)… …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 24Trail — Trail, v. i. 1. To be drawn out in length; to follow after. [1913 Webster] When his brother saw the red blood trail. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or… …

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  • 25trail — I. v. a. 1. Draw, drag along. 2. Track, trace, follow, hunt. 3. (Local Eng.) Impose upon, take advantage of one s ignorance. II. v. n. 1. Drag, be drawn along, be drawn out. 2. Run (as a plant …

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  • 26India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 27angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …

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  • 28skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… …

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  • 29cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… …

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  • 30Beard — Bearded redirects here. For the British music magazine, see Bearded (magazine). For other uses, see Beard (disambiguation). Example of a full, untrimmed beard and moustache …

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