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  • 31Roughest — Rough Rough, a. [Compar. {Rougher}; superl. {Roughest}.] [OE. rou?, rou, row, rugh, ruh, AS. r?h; akin to LG. rug, D. rug, D. ruig, ruw, OHG. r?h, G. rauh, rauch; cf. Lith. raukas wrinkle, rukti to wrinkle. [root] 18. Cf. {Rug}, n.] 1. Having… …

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  • 32un|fin|ished — «uhn FIHN ihsht», adjective. 1. not finished; not complete: »unfinished homework, an unfinished symphony. 2. without some special finish; not polished; rough: »unfinished stone, unfinished furniture. 3. not processed after coming off the loom:… …

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  • 33Provincial — Pro*vin cial, a. [L. provincialis: cf. F. provincial. See {Province}, and cf. {Provencal}.] 1. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect. [1913 Webster] 2. Exhibiting the ways or… …

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  • 34Preform — A preform is material that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form. Fiber optics In fiber optics, a preform is a piece of glass used to draw an optical fiber.The preform may consist of several pieces of a glass with… …

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  • 35Einhard — • Historian, born c. 770 in the district watered by the River Main in the eastern part of the Frankish Empire; d. 14 March, 840, at Seligenstadt Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Einhard     Einhard …

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  • 36unkempt — [unkempt′] adj. [ UN + kempt, pp. of dial. kemben, to comb < ME < OE cemban < camb, a COMB1] 1. tangled, disheveled, etc., as if from not having been combed 2. not tidy or neat; messy 3. not polished or refined; crude; rough unkemptness… …

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  • 37echoless — nonreflecting onreflecting nonreflective onreflectiveadj. 1. not capable of total reflection of light; not polished or shiny; as, It is complicated to create realistic shading effects on nonreflecting surfaces. [Narrower terms: {echoless ]… …

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  • 38Home-bred — a. 1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. Home bred mischief. Milton. [1913 Webster] Benignity and home bred sense. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated. [1913 Webster] Only to me home bred youths belong. Dryden. [1913 …

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  • 39nonreflecting — onreflecting nonreflective onreflectiveadj. 1. not capable of total reflection of light; not polished or shiny; as, It is complicated to create realistic shading effects on nonreflecting surfaces. [Narrower terms: {echoless ] {reflective}… …

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  • 40nonreflective — nonreflecting onreflecting nonreflective onreflectiveadj. 1. not capable of total reflection of light; not polished or shiny; as, It is complicated to create realistic shading effects on nonreflecting surfaces. [Narrower terms: {echoless ]… …

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