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  • 51soak — vb Soak, saturate, drench, steep, impregnate, sop, waterlog can mean to permeate or be permeated with or as if with water. Soak suggests immersion in a liquid so that the substance absorbs the moisture and usually becomes thoroughly wetted,… …

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  • 52Leather — For other uses, see Leather (disambiguation). Modern leather working tools Leather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different… …

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  • 53Parchment — For other uses, see Parchment (disambiguation). Central European (Northern) type of finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame Parchment is a thin material made from calfskin, sheepskin or goatskin, often split. Its most… …

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  • 54Stratification (botany) — In horticulture, stratification is the process of pretreating seeds to simulate natural conditions that a seed must endure before germination. Many seed species have what is called an embryonic dormancy and generally speaking will not sprout… …

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  • 55Common bean — Taxobox name = Phaseolus vulgaris image width = 240px image caption = Plant with immature fruit regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae subfamilia = Faboideae tribus = Phaseoleae genus =… …

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  • 56Town ball — The term town ball, or townball, describes the bat and ball, safe haven games played in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which were similar to rounders and were precursors to modern baseball. In some areas such as Philadelphia and… …

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  • 57Nixtamalization — An 1836 lithograph of tortilla production in rural Mexico …

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  • 58Hot tub — dablink|This article is about the pool. For the Seinfeld epidsode see The Hot Tub for the Drawn Together episode see Hot Tub (Drawn Together episode)A hot tub is a large home made or manufactured tub or small pool full of heated water and used… …

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  • 59Alvord Hot Springs — is a geothermal spring located near the southeastern corner of the state of Oregon in the United States. The spring lies at 4080 ft (1244 m) elevation on the western edge of the Alvord Desert into which the spring flows and eventually evaporates …

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  • 60Asian soups — A bowl of miso soup Asian soups are soups traditionally prepared and consumed in the cultures of East Asia. Such soups are usually based solely on broths and lacking in dairy products such as milk or cream. Thickening for the soups usually… …

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