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  • 21faultiness — See faultily. * * * …

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  • 22ill — /il/, adj., worse, worst, n., adv. adj. 1. of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse. 2. objectionable; unsatisfactory; poor; faulty: ill manners. 3. hostile; unkindly: ill feeling. 4.… …

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  • 23malformed — /mal fawrmd /, adj. faultily or anomalously formed. [1810 20; MAL + FORMED] Syn. misshapen, deformed, distorted, contorted. * * * …

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  • 24bootlegging — Illegal traffic in liquor in the U.S. The term was probably first used to describe the practice of concealing flasks of illicit liquor in boot tops when going to trade with Indians. It became widely used in the 1920s when the 18th Amendment to… …

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  • 25Franklin, Sir John — ▪ English explorer born April 16, 1786, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, Eng. died June 11, 1847, near King William Island, British Arctic Islands [now in Nunavut territory, Can.]  English rear admiral and explorer who led an ill fated expedition (1845) in …

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  • 26Musgrave, Story — ▪ American astronaut and physician in full  Franklin Story Musgrave   born Aug. 19, 1935, Boston, Mass., U.S.    American astronaut and physician who made six flights into space.       After serving in the Marine Corps, Musgrave earned an… …

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  • 27Hortaya borzaya — (Eastern Greyhound) Adult male grey and white piebald hortaya borzaya Other names Chort, Hort, Hrt, Chortaja borzaja, Xорт, Kурч, Kurtas Nicknames Chortaj Hortaya Horty Country of origin Ukraine, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Poland Lithuanian… …

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  • 28fail — vi 1: to be or become inadequate or unsuccessful esp. in fulfilling certain formal requirements even though one or more terms are left open a contract for sale does not fail for indefiniteness Uniform Commercial Code 2: to become bankrupt or… …

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  • 29amiss — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, abroad, adrift, afield, all abroad, all off, all wrong, askew, astray, at fault, awry, bad, badly, below the mark, beside the mark, beside the point, blamable, blameful, bootlessly, bum, censurable, cockeyed …

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  • 30astray — Synonyms and related words: abashed, aberrant, abroad, adrift, afield, all abroad, all off, all wrong, amiss, askew, at fault, at sea, awry, badly, below the mark, beside the mark, beside the point, bewildered, bootlessly, bothered, clear,… …

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