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  • 41horn — horn1 [ho:n US ho:rn] n ↑hoof, ↑horn ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(animal)¦ 2¦(on a car)¦ 3¦(musical instrument)¦ 4 drinking horn/powder horn etc 5 draw/pull in your horns 6 be on the horns of a dilemma ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English;] 1.) …

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  • 42difficulty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) That which is hard to overcome Nouns 1. difficulty, hardness, impracticability, hard work, uphill work, hurdle; hard task, Herculean task, large order, hard row to hoe; task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor; …

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  • 43horn — ► NOUN 1) a hard bony outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, and other animals. 2) the substance of which horns are composed. 3) a wind instrument, now usually of brass, conical in shape or wound into a …

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  • 44horned — horn ► NOUN 1) a hard bony outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, and other animals. 2) the substance of which horns are composed. 3) a wind instrument, now usually of brass, conical in shape or wound… …

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  • 45international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 46Bullfighting — bull fighting redirects here. For the Taiwanese TV series, see Bull Fighting (TV series). For the rodeo performer, see bullfighter (rodeo). Bullfighting, Édouard Manet, 1865–1866 …

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  • 47Javan Rhinoceros — Taxobox name = Javan Rhinoceros status = CR status system = iucn3.1 status ref =Asian Rhino Specialist Group (1996). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19495 Rhinoceros sondaicus ] . 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN… …

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  • 48horn — [hôrn] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger < IE base * k̑er , upper part of the body, head > L cornu, Gr keras] 1. a) a hard, hollow, bony or keratinous, permanent projection that grows on the head of various hoofed animals, esp. bovid ruminants b) …

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  • 49horn — noun 1》 an outgrowth of bone encased in hardened skin, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, etc.     ↘a hardened woolly outgrowth occurring singly or one behind another on the snout of a rhinoceros.… …

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  • 50horn — I UK [hɔː(r)n] / US [hɔrn] noun Word forms horn : singular horn plural horns ** 1) [countable] the object in a car or other vehicle that makes a loud warning noise when you press it sound/honk/beep your horn: A car sounded its horn at me. 2)… …

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