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  • 41petri dish — pe·tri dish pē trē n a small shallow dish of thin glass or plastic with a loose cover used esp. for cultures in bacteriology Pe·tri pā trē Julius Richard (1852 1921) German bacteriologist. Petri was an assistant to the eminent bacteriologist… …

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  • 42Sambar (dish) — Sambar or sambhar (Kannada:ಸಾರು, Malayalam: സാമ്പാർ, Tamil:சாம்பார், Telugu:సాంబారు), is a dish common in South India and Sri Lankan cuisines, made of toovar dal (pigeon pea).Sambar is a vegetable stew or chowder based on a broth made with… …

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  • 43Butter in a Lordly Dish — In the Bible, Jael kills Sisera by hammering a nail through his head. The same fate awaits Sir Luke Enderby in Christie s play at the hands of Julia Keene. to raise funds for the organisation. The other five plays and their first broadcasts (all… …

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  • 44revenge is a dish that can be eaten cold — Vengeance need not be exacted immediately; but Cf. 1620 T. SHELTON tr. Cervantes’ Don Quixote II. lxiii. Reuenge is not good in cold bloud. 1885 C. LOWE Prince Bismarck I. iv. He had defended Olmutz, it is true, but..with a secret resolution to… …

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  • 45satellite dish — noun : a microwave dish for receiving usually television transmissions from an orbiting satellite * * * noun, pl ⋯ dishes [count] : a device that is shaped like a large dish and that receives television signals from a satellite high above the… …

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  • 46disk´like´ — disk «dihsk», noun, verb. –n. 1. a thin, round, flat object shaped like a coin. 2. a round, flat surface, or a surface that seems so: »the sun s disk. 3. a round, flat part in a plant or animal: »The yellow center of a daisy is a disk. 4. Anatomy …

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  • 47cad´dish|ness — cad|dish «KAD ihsh», adjective. like a cad; ungentlemanly: »caddish manners. –cad´dish|ly, adverb. –cad´dish|ness, noun …

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  • 48cad´dish|ly — cad|dish «KAD ihsh», adjective. like a cad; ungentlemanly: »caddish manners. –cad´dish|ly, adverb. –cad´dish|ness, noun …

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  • 49cad|dish — «KAD ihsh», adjective. like a cad; ungentlemanly: »caddish manners. –cad´dish|ly, adverb. –cad´dish|ness, noun …

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  • 50fad´dish|ness — fad|dish «FAD ihsh», adjective. 1. inclined to follow fads. 2. like a fad. –fad´dish|ly, adverb. –fad´dish|ness, noun …

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