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  • 71splendor — noun 1. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand (Freq. 2) for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen s hotel his Hamlet lacks the brilliance that one expects it is the university that gives the scene its stately… …

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  • 72Absorbent — Ab*sorb ent, a. [L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere.] Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. [1913 Webster] {Absorbent ground} (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a… …

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  • 73Absorbent ground — Absorbent Ab*sorb ent, a. [L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere.] Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. [1913 Webster] {Absorbent ground} (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed,… …

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  • 74Annular eclipse — Eclipse E*clipse ([ e]*kl[i^]ps ), n. [F. [ e]clipse, L. eclipsis, fr. Gr. e kleipsis, prop., a forsaking, failing, fr. eklei pein to leave out, forsake; ek out + lei pein to leave. See {Ex }, and {Loan}.] 1. (Astron.) An interception or… …

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  • 75bar tin — Tin Tin, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel. & Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft silvery white crystalline metal, with… …

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  • 76Blazing star — Star Star (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G. stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth. sta[ i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. asth r, a stron,… …

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  • 77Block tin — Tin Tin, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel. & Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft silvery white crystalline metal, with… …

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  • 78Blue fire — Fire Fire (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri, f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf. {Empyrean}, {Pyre}.] 1. The evolution of light and heat in the… …

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  • 79blue-bellied lorikeet — Warrin War rin, n. [From a native name.] (Zo[ o]l.) An Australian lorikeet ({Trichoglossus multicolor}) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; called also {blue bellied lorikeet}, and {blue bellied parrot}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 80blue-bellied parrot — Warrin War rin, n. [From a native name.] (Zo[ o]l.) An Australian lorikeet ({Trichoglossus multicolor}) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; called also {blue bellied lorikeet}, and {blue bellied parrot}. [1913 Webster] …

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