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  • 101To strike camp — Camp Camp (k[a^]mp), n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. {Campaign}, {Champ}, n.] 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. Shak …

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  • 102cairn terrier — noun Etymology: from its use in hunting among cairns Date: 1910 any of a breed of small compactly built hard coated terriers of Scottish origin …

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  • 103globular — adjective Etymology: partly from Latin globus + English ular; partly from Latin globulus + English ar Date: 1654 1. a. (1) having the shape of a globe or globule (2) composed of compactly folded polypeptide chains arranged in a spherical form <&#8230; …

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  • 104pseudoparenchyma — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1875 compactly interwoven short celled filaments especially in fungi that resemble parenchyma of higher plants • pseudoparenchymatous adjective …

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  • 105spinet — noun Etymology: Italian spinetta, perhaps from diminutive of spina thorn, from Latin; from the manner of plucking its strings Date: 1664 1. an early harpsichord having a single keyboard and only one string for each note 2. a. a compactly built&#8230; …

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  • 106compact — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, firmly put together, from Latin compactus, from past participle of compingere to put together, from com + pangere to fasten more at pact Date: 14th century 1. predominantly formed or filled ; composed, made …

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  • 107fan — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fann, from Latin vannus more at winnow Date: before 12th century 1. any of various devices for winnowing grain 2. an instrument for producing a current of air: as a. a device that is held in the …

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  • 108Azerbaijan — This article is about the country in Eurasia. For other uses, see Azerbaijan (disambiguation) …

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  • 109Axiom of choice — This article is about the mathematical concept. For the band named after it, see Axiom of Choice (band). In mathematics, the axiom of choice, or AC, is an axiom of set theory stating that for every family of nonempty sets there exists a family of …

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  • 110Abelian group — For other uses, see Abelian (disambiguation). Abelian group is also an archaic name for the symplectic group Concepts in group theory category of groups subgroups, normal subgroups group homomorphisms, kernel, image, quotient direct product,&#8230; …

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