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cupboard
cupboard. 1. Properly, a board, or table on which to place cups and other vessels. 2. Piece of furniture for the display of plate, etc. 3. A sideboard. 4. Closet or cabinet with shelves for the storage of dishes, cups, etc. In some cases (1) was combined with (4), the board forming the door of the... Read more |
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infundibulum
infundibulum 1. In Ctenophora, a part of the gastrovascular cavity from which the radial canals originate. 2. In vertebrate embryos, an outpushing from the floor of the brain which, together with the hypophysis, develops into the pituitary body. 3. In Equidae, a lingual concavity, often called the... Read more |
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cupule
cupule 1. A hard or membranous cup-shaped structure formed from bracts and enclosing various fruits, such as the hazelnut and acorn. 2. A structure in club mosses (Lycopodium species) that protects the gemma (resting bud) during its development. It is composed of six leaflike structures. 3. The... Read more |
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Bell
bell1 hollow cup-shaped metal body producing a resonant musical sound when struck. OE. belle = MLG., MDu. belle (Du. bel); perh. rel. to BELL2.... Read more |
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alphorn
alphorn or alpenhorn [Ger.,=Alps horn], wooden horn from 3 ft to 12 ft (91 cm-3.7 m) long, sometimes curved slightly, with conical bore and a cup-shaped mouthpiece. It produces only the natural harmonics of the tube, slightly modified, however, by the material of the horn and its somewhat... Read more |
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chalice
chalice [Lat.,=cup], ancient name for a drinking cup, retained for the eucharistic or communion cup. Its use commemorates the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Celebrated examples are the Great Chalice of Antioch (Syriac), of embossed silver, excavated there in 1910 and attributed to the 1st... Read more |
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anemometer
anemometer Instrument using pressure tubes or rotating cups, vanes, or propellers to measure the speed or force of the wind.... Read more |
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wind instrument
wind instrument in music, any instrument whose tone is produced by a vibrating column of air. In the pipe organ the column of air is set into vibration by mechanical means. Other wind instruments are blown by the player and are divided into two groups, the woodwinds and the brass winds, or... Read more |
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SOC: Vasco da Gama 3 Deportivo Tachira 2 Libertadores Cup
...AAP Sports News (Australia) 04-22-2001 SOC: Vasco da Gama 3 Deportivo Tachira 2 Libertadores Cup RIO DE JANEIRO, April 21 Reuters - Vasco ... |
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Soc: Deportivo Tachira 0 America 2 Libertadores Cup result
...03-2001 Soc: Deportivo Tachira 0 America 2 Libertadores Cup result SAN...Venezuela, May 2 Reuters...Colombia) 2 - result. South American Libertadores Cup ... |
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SOC: Penarol 1 America 2 Libertadores Cup result
...14-2001 SOC: Penarol 1 America 2 Libertadores Cup result MONTEVIDEO...Colombia) 2 - result, Libertadores Cup group 6...America 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2. ... |
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Soc: Libertadores Cup results/standings
...06-2001 Soc: Libertadores Cup results...Reuters - Vasco da Gama (Brazil)2 Penarol...American Libertadores Cupgroup six. Scorers: Vasco da ... |
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SOC: Libertadores Cup results
...16-2001 SOC: Libertadores Cup results CALI...Colombia) 0 Vasco da Gama (Brazil) 3 Standings...3 3 0 0 7 2 9 2. Vasco ... |
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Soc: Libertadores results/standings
...Libertadores Cup group four...Uruguay) 5 2 1 2 8 10 7 3. Olmedo (Ecuador) 4 2 0 2 10 9 6...de Janeiro, Vasco da Gama (Brazil...South American ... |