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  • 51Lemony Snicket bibliography — The following is a list of the works of Lemony Snicket, the nome de plume of American author Daniel Handler (born 1970). Snicket has penned a total of 22 works of fiction, and at least three additional works have been officially released in… …

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  • 52puzzle — [[t]pʌ̱z(ə)l[/t]] puzzles, puzzling, puzzled 1) VERB If something puzzles you, you do not understand it and feel confused. [V n] My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety. Derived words: puzzling ADJ GRADED His letter poses a number of puzzling… …

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  • 53puzzle — /ˈpʌzəl / (say puzuhl) noun 1. a toy or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort. 2. something puzzling; a puzzling matter or person. 3. puzzled or perplexed condition. –verb… …

  • 54Enigmatic — E nig*mat ic (?; 277), Enigmatical E nig*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. [ e]nigmatique.] Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; not clear to the understanding; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical… …

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  • 55Enigmatical — Enigmatic E nig*mat ic (?; 277), Enigmatical E nig*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. [ e]nigmatique.] Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; not clear to the understanding; obscure; puzzling; as, an… …

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  • 56puzzle — puz zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {puzzled} (p[u^]z z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {puzzling} (p[u^]z zl[i^]ng).] 1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus. [1913 Webster] A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in… …

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  • 57puzzled — puzzle puz zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {puzzled} (p[u^]z z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {puzzling} (p[u^]z zl[i^]ng).] 1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus. [1913 Webster] A very shrewd disputant in those points is… …

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  • 58Riddle — Rid dle, n. [For riddels, s being misunderstood as the plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. r?dels; akin to D. raadsel, G. r[ a]thsel; fr. AS. r?dan to counsel or advise, also, to guess. [root]116. Cf. {Read}.] Something proposed to be solved… …

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  • 59Black hole — For other uses, see Black hole (disambiguation). Simulated view of a black hole (center) in front of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Note the gravitat …

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  • 60List of extinct birds — This page refers only to birds that have gone extinct since the year 1500 A.D./C.E. and usually were subject to scientific study while alive.Since 1500, over 190 species of birds have become extinct, and this rate of extinction seems to be… …

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