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  • 61Wriggling — Wriggle Wrig gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wriggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wriggling}.] [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka, Dan. vrikke.] To move the body to and fro with short, writhing …

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  • 62Wring — Wring, n. A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 63euglenoid movement — noun Date: 1940 writhing usually nonprogressive protoplasmic movement of plastic bodied euglenoid flagellates …

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  • 64writhe — verb (writhed; writhing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrīthan; akin to Old Norse rītha to twist Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to twist into coils or folds b. to twist so as to distort ; wrench c …

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  • 65wryneck — noun Date: 1585 1. either of two Old World woodpeckers (Jynx torquilla or J. ruficollis) that differ from the typical woodpeckers in having soft tail feathers and a peculiar manner of writhing the neck 2. torticollis …

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  • 66screw — I. noun Etymology: Middle English scrue, from Middle French escroe female screw, nut, from Medieval Latin scrofa, from Latin, sow Date: 15th century 1. a. a simple machine of the inclined plane type consisting of a spirally grooved solid cylinder …

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  • 67Antacid — A spilled bottle of antacid tablets An antacid is a substance which neutralizes stomach acidity. Contents 1 Mechanism of action …

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  • 69Casey at the Bat — subtitled A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 , is a baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. First published in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performan …

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  • 70Cheka — For the reggaeton artist, see Cheka (artist). VCheKa (Russian: ВЧК) Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия Vserossiyskaya Chrezvychaynaya Komissiya …

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