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  • 41cloud — [[t]kla͟ʊd[/t]] ♦♦♦ clouds, clouding, clouded 1) N VAR A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour. ...the varied shapes of the clouds... The sky was almost entirely obscured by cloud.… …

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  • 42Panic Disorder —    Panic has always been considered a symptom of larger psychiatric illnesses. Yet, only recently has it come to be considered a disorder of its own. The whole panic story is interesting as an example of how symptoms wax and wane in the history… …

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  • 43cloud — I UK [klaʊd] / US noun Word forms cloud : singular cloud plural clouds *** 1) [countable/uncountable] a white or grey mass of very small drops of water in the sky A few white clouds drifted across the sky. There s more cloud than yesterday. •… …

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  • 44evaporation — noun 1. the process of becoming a vapor (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑vaporization, ↑vaporisation, ↑vapor, ↑vapour • Derivationally related forms: ↑evaporate, ↑evaporate ( …

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  • 45vaporisation — noun 1. the process of becoming a vapor • Syn: ↑vaporization, ↑vapor, ↑vapour, ↑evaporation • Derivationally related forms: ↑evaporate (for: ↑evaporation), ↑ …

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  • 46vaporization — noun 1. annihilation by vaporizing something (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑vaporisation • Hypernyms: ↑annihilation, ↑obliteration 2. the process of becoming a vapor • Syn: ↑vap …

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  • 47Cephalopoda — Ceph a*lop o*da (s[e^]f [.a]*l[o^]p [ o]*d[.a]), n. pl. [NL., gr. Gr. kefalh head + poda: cf. F. c[ e]phalopode.] (Zo[ o]l.) The highest class of Mollusca. [1913 Webster] Note: They have, around the front of the head, a group of elongated… …

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  • 48Cloud — (kloud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clouded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clouding}.] 1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded. [1913 Webster] 2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render… …

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  • 49Clouded — Cloud Cloud (kloud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clouded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clouding}.] 1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded. [1913 Webster] 2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence,… …

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  • 50Dim — Dim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dimming}.] 1. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse. [1913 Webster] A king among his courtiers …

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