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anagram
anagram [Gr.,=something read backward], rearrangement of the letters of a word or words to make another word or other words. A famous Latin anagram was an answer made out of a question asked by Pilate. The question was Quid est veritas? [What is truth?], and the answer Est vir qui adest [it is... Read more |
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Riboflavin deficiency
Riboflavin Description Riboflavin, also known as Vitamin B2, has many functions in common with the other members of the B complex family. These include support of the immune and nervous systems and formation of healthy red blood cells. Riboflavin provides essential factors for the production of... Read more |
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paraldehyde
paraldehyde , nervous system depressant similar to alcohol in its effects and used as a sedative . A colorless flammable liquid with a disagreeable odor, paraldehyde produces sleep for up to 12 hr. with little or no muscle, heart, or respiratory depression. It is often given to alcoholics having... Read more |
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Facial hair
Sideburns Sideburns, or facial hair extending past the ear and along the cheek, became a popular male hairstyle during the nineteenth century in Europe and America. Historian Richard Corson identified sideburns, or side-whiskers, as the fashion distinguishing the nineteenth century from other... Read more |
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Diencephalon
Diencephalon Definition The diencephalon is a complex of structures within the brain, whose major divisions are the thalamus and hypothalamus. It functions as a relay system between sensory input neurons and other parts of the brain, as an interactive site for the central nervous and endocrine... Read more |
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Deposition
DEPOSITION The testimony of a party or witness in a civil or criminal proceeding taken before trial, usually in an attorney's office. Deposition testimony is taken orally, with an attorney asking questions and the deponent (the individual being questioned) answering while a court reporter or tape... Read more |
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depressant
depressant any one of various substances that diminish functional activity, usually by depressing the nervous system . Barbiturates , sedatives , alcohol, and meprobamate are all depressants. Depressants have various modes of action and effects. Some are primarily used medically to relieve... Read more |
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Aberdeen (United States)
Aberdeen . 1 Town (1990 pop. 13,087), Harford co., NE Md., in a farm region; inc. 1892. Just south, on Chesapeake Bay, is the U.S. army's huge Aberdeen Proving Ground, a major research, development, and testing installation and site of the army ordnance center and school. An ordnance museum is on... Read more |
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Barbiturates
Barbiturates Definition Barbiturates are medicines that act on the central nervous system. They cause drowsiness and can control seizures. Purpose Barbiturates are in the group of medicines known as central nervous system depressants (CNS). Also known as sedative-hypnotic drugs, barbiturates make... Read more |
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Verify
VERIFY To make certain, to substantiate, or to confirm by formal oath, affirmation, or affidavit. The U.S. legal system relies on its participants to tell the truth. Before witnesses can give testimony at a trial or some other proceeding, they must swear or affirm that the testimony about to be... Read more |
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Economics of the American Theatre
...enlightening. Opened in 1798, it had been projected to cost just over $42,000, a considerable sum at the time, but actually...Three decades later her compatriot, Sarah Bernhardt, dared ask only a $2 top.) At the same time, actors' salaries again... |
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anthropomorphism
...everything else that there is must be just like us — or as an attempt to...access, by imagining it to behave just like us.The gods of many ancient...marry, quarrel, and make up just like people. The Greeks solved the...and was granted the power to ask for ... |
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Schroeder, Patricia
...the House of Representatives in the 92nd Congress, there were just thirteen women members. By 1996, when Schroeder announced she...Democratic women in the House in voting against the “Don't ask, don't tell” formula for maintaining the gay men and lesbians... |
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Voice of the Turtle, The
...actress, Sally Middleton ( Margaret Sullavan), to await a date who is to meet her there. But just before the date arrives, another male friend calls to ask Olive to go out with him, and she agrees. This leaves Sally to entertain the man Olive has... |
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Brewer, David Josiah
...inequalities in the distribution of wealth as inevitable and just. In In re Debs (1895), Brewer wrote a unanimous opinion for...nation, may not the thoughtful Chinese disciple of Confucius ask, why do they send missionaries here?” Brewer also spoke... |
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Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm
...fully comprehended the kind of person he was serving. ‘I've just seen a madman,’ he said to his deputy, Hans Oster. Though Canaris...after the Bruneval raid which had prompted a furious Hitler to ask how much the Abwehr knew about British radar—he was forced... |
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Cozzens, James Gould
...characteristic novels begin with Men and Brethren (1936), a study of a liberal clergyman; Ask Me Tomorrow (1940), about an American in Europe; and The Just and The Unjust (1942), about a murder trial, for they deal with mature professional... |
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Gaia
...material conditions on Earth happen to be just right. The idea that these interactions can be self...protagonists of the Gaia hypothesis to ask: ‘What purpose does constituent X serve in the atmosphere...of an ecosystem comprising, at first, just two species of daisy—black ... |
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My Fair Lady
...out on her own. But Eliza soon returns, only to have Higgins ask, “Where the devil are my slippers?” Notable songs: I Could...Danced All Night; Wouldn't It Be Loverly; An Ordinary Man; Just You Wait; On the Street Where You Live; Show Me; I've Grown... |
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psychosomatic illness
...medical help is sought. But how, we may ask, do the actions of the unconscious mind...physical symptoms? ‘Is it real, or just in your head?’ is a most common turn of phrase, but...turn from the body to the mind occurred just decades later. In 1789, the year of the... |
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ask
...boyfriend then?” “Don't ask me!” for the asking used to indicate...job was his for the asking. if you ask me inf. used to emphasize that a...one's personal opinion: if you ask me, it's just an excuse for laziness.DERIVATIVES... |
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how
...adjust the focus. 2. used to ask about the condition or quality...how did they play? ∎ used to ask about someone's physical or...how he was doing. 3. used to ask about the extent or degree of...how much what amount or price: just how much did it cost?how ... |
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right
...job I was waiting for the right moment to ask him. ∎ socially fashionable or important: he was seen at...n. 1. that which is morally correct, just, or honorable: she doesn't understand...angry you're quite within your rights to ask for your money back | there is no right... |
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search engine
...and ‘Card’. Search engines are not just confined to Web sites. They can search...sophisticated. Probably the best known of these is ASK JEEVES. Search engines receive a huge variety...seconds of the queries being received by Ask Jeeves included questions on the location... |
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cause
...explanation In non-specialist contexts, to ask for the cause of some particular happening is to ask what made it happen, or brought it about. To give...roughly corresponding to the commonsense view just outlined); material cause (the nature or... |
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again
...a further point for consideration, supporting or contrasting with what has just been said: I never saw any signs, but then again, maybe I wasn't looking. ∎ used to ask someone to repeat something: what was your name again? PHRASES: again and... |
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like
...might expect from; characteristic of: just like you to put a damper on people's enjoyment. ∎ used in questions to ask about the characteristics or nature...speaker's uncertainty about an expression just used: there was this funny smell... |
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Scholasticism
...broached a controversial subject or someone in the audience could ask him anything. It was in these quaestiones disputatae and quodlibetales...that logic is not about reality as represented by words, but just about words, and he thought logic of little use in theology... |
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trouble
...the government's policies ran into trouble | our troubles are just beginning. ∎ the malfunction of something such as a machine...or other body of water): the waters were troubled. PHRASES: ask for trouble inf. act in a way that is likely to incur problems... |
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well
...are we doing here?” “You may well ask.” • adj. (bet·ter, best) 1...sensible; advisable: it would be well to know just what this suggestion entails...as well as newspapers. 2. (as well or just as well) with equal reason or an equally... |
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even
...is afraid, even ashamed, to ask for help synonyms: indeed...discomfortsynonyms: while, whilst, as, just as, at the very time that...nonetheless, all the same, just the same, anyway, anyhow...retribution; give someone their just deserts; informal give ... |
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mind
...shilly-shally. bear/keep in mind just bear in mind that I've never used a Macsynonyms...mind did it ever cross your mind that he just doesn't want to go?synonyms: occur...in my estimation, in my book, if you ask me. |
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impertinent
...rude or presumptuous toward those who are entitled to deference or respect (it was an impertinent question to ask a woman who had just lost her husband). The intrusive person is unduly curious about other people's affairs (her constant questions... |
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Ask Jeeves, Inc. Launches Ask Jeeves Espana; Spain's Beta Site is First in a...
...class search experience to consumers." Ask Jeeves Espana utilizes Ask Jeeves' proprietary Teoma(R) search...s expertise on a subject, rather than just its link popularity. In addition to Teoma, Ask Jeeves Espana will include industry... |
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Ask Jeeves Adds New SmartSearch(TM) Features; Upgrades Site with...
...results by 50-70% per search. "Ask Jeeves' goal continues to be...way, and these new features do just that," said Jim Lanzone, Senior...President of Search Properties for Ask Jeeves. "Our users can meet...information searchers need, Ask Jeeves will find it." ... |
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Ask Jeeves Initiates "Powered By Jeeves" Licensing Program; Next-Generation...
...question in plain English and then Ask Jeeves presents a list of matched questions (usually just a few). After the user selects the closest match, Ask Jeeves takes them directly to a site that was selected by the Ask Jeeves research staff as being... |
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Ask Jeeves' Corporate Service Selected by Microsoft to Provide Customers with...
...Jeeves service, customers can ask questions as if they are speaking...This service puts consumers just two clicks away from relevant...Microsoft's selection of the Ask Jeeves' Corporate Service allows consumers to ask questions in plain English... |
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Ask.com Launches Q&A Service for Mobile Devices.
...NUAN) allows users to simply ask questions, no typing required...Mobile users' questions don't just get routed to other devices, they get delivered to any Ask.com user who is qualified to...soon, location. Likewise, Ask.com users who ask ... |
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Ask.com Unveils New Site Focused on Answering Questions.
...today launched a new version of Ask.com squarely focused on answering...to deliver users answers - not just links - to all of their questions...shared by any of the millions of Ask.com users. For the first time, Ask will combine its proprietary search... |
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Ask Jeeves at the service of UK web users; US Internet question answering...
...and high-quality answers. "Ask Jeeves is a unique and innovative...Andrew Hart, Chief Executive of Ask Jeeves UK. "It solves some...information. It's easy to use, you just type in your question in every...following, so the launch of Ask.co.uk can only be ... |
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Ask Jeeves Launches National Television Advertising Campaign; First TV Ads in...
...with the suggestion to search Ask Jeeves, as it is a more authoritative...than these so-called experts. Ask Jeeves is a more authoritative...technology to look at more than just the popularity of a site. This...people don't realize is that Ask Jeeves has ... |
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Ask Jeeves Launches Smart Search(SM) for Products; In Response to Extensive...
Ask Jeeves, Inc. today announced...Search(SM) for Products to Ask.com(R), the latest in a...to find information online. Just in time for the holiday shopping...compared to other search engines, Ask Jeeves currently receives the... |
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Ask.com's new look scores big versus rivals
...my Ted Williams query, Ask listed links that were...s. Unlike Google, Ask allowed me to preview...called Binoculars, I just moused over a small icon...everyone abandon it. But Ask.com is well worth a...Mason basketball team, it just may ... |
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