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  • 81Glass — /glas, glahs/, n. 1. Carter, 1858 1946, U.S. statesman. 2. Philip, born 1937, U.S. composer. * * * I Solid material, typically a mix of inorganic compounds, usually transparent or translucent, hard, brittle, and impervious to the natural elements …

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  • 82South America — South American. a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. 271,000,000; ab. 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km). * * * Continent, Western Hemisphere. The world s fourth largest continent, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the… …

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  • 83embalming — Introduction       the treatment of a dead body so as to sterilize it or to protect it from decay. For practical as well as theological reasons a well preserved body has long been a chief mortuary concern. The ancient Greeks, who demanded… …

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  • 84Alcaligenes — A genus of Gram negative, rod shaped, nonfermenting bacteria (family Achromobacteraceae) which are either motile and peritrichous or nonmotile. They are strictly aerobic; some strains are capable of anaerobic respiration in the presence of… …

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  • 85Glass coloring and color marking — may be obtained by 1) addition of coloring ions,[1][2] by 2) precipitation of nanometer sized colloides (so called striking glasses[1] such as ruby gold [3] or red selenium ruby ),[2] 3) by colored …

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  • 86commercial fertilizer — noun : a manufactured chemical mixture prepared for use as fertilizer as distinguished from such natural substances as farm manures * * * fertilizer manufactured chemically, as distinguished from natural fertilizer, as manure. [1885 90, Amer.] *… …

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  • 87common caustic — 1. Potash 2. Also silver nitrate • • • Main Entry: ↑caustic …

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