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  • 21flake — fleɪk n. small piece, fragment, chip; stratum; strange person (Slang); cocaine (Slang); frame for drying fish v. peel; chip; come off in small pieces; form into flakes; cover with flakes …

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  • 22flaked — fleɪk n. small piece, fragment, chip; stratum; strange person (Slang); cocaine (Slang); frame for drying fish v. peel; chip; come off in small pieces; form into flakes; cover with flakes …

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  • 23flaking — fleɪk n. small piece, fragment, chip; stratum; strange person (Slang); cocaine (Slang); frame for drying fish v. peel; chip; come off in small pieces; form into flakes; cover with flakes …

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  • 24сыпаться — СЫПАТЬСЯ1, несов. 1 и 2 л. не употр. Удаляясь от чего л., отваливаясь, отставая, падать сверху вниз (о чем л. расположенном вверху и отделяющемся от какой л. плоскости); Син.: осыпаться [impf. to peel, flake (off), fall off in flakes; crumble… …

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  • 25scale — 1. A standardized test for measuring psychological, personality, or behavioral characteristics. SEE ALSO: score, test. 2. SYN: squama. 3. A small thin plate of horny epithelium, resembling a fish s., cast off from the skin …

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  • 26peel — peel1 [pēl] vt. [ME pilien, peolien < OE * pilian < L pilare, to make bald < pilus, hair: see PILE2] to cut away or strip off (the rind, skin, covering, surface, etc.) of (anything); pare vi. 1. to shed skin, bark, etc. 2. to come off in …

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  • 27flake — I 1. noun 1) flakes of pastry Syn: sliver, wafer, shaving, paring; chip, scale; fragment, scrap, shred; technical lamina 2) informal Geoff can be such a flake Syn: ditz …

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  • 28Primer (paint) — A primer is a preparatory coating put on materials before painting. Priming ensures better adhesion of paint to the surface, increases paint durability, and provides additional protection for the material being painted.When primers are usedPrimer …

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  • 29desquamate — [ dɛskwəmeɪt] verb (of a layer of cells) come off in scales or flakes. Derivatives desquamation noun desquamative skwamətɪv adjective Origin C18 (earlier (ME) as desquamation): from L. desquamat , desquamare remove the scales from …

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  • 30List of Emily Dickinson poems — This is a list of Emily Dickinson poems. There are 1,775 known poems that have been written by Dickinson. The poems are alphabetized by their first line. Punctuation, capitalization and even in some cases wording of the first lines may vary… …

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