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  • 81many — /men ee/, adj., more, most, n., pron. adj. 1. constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people. 2. noting each one of a large number (usually fol. by a or an): For many a day it rained. n. 3. a large or considerable number of persons …

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  • 82North America — North American. the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m); lowest, Death Valley, 276 ft. (84 m) below sea level. 400,000,000 including… …

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  • 83Philadelphia — /fil euh del fee euh/, n. a city in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River: Declaration of Independence signed here July 4, 1776. 1,688,210. * * * City (pop., 2000: 1,517,550) and port, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., at the confluence of the… …

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  • 84South America — South American. a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. 271,000,000; ab. 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km). * * * Continent, Western Hemisphere. The world s fourth largest continent, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the… …

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  • 85Taoism — Taoist, n., adj. Taoistic, adj. /dow iz euhm, tow /, n. 1. the philosophical system evolved by Lao tzu and Chuang tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to… …

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  • 86Daoism — or Taoism Major Chinese religio philosophical tradition. Though the concept of dao was employed by all Chinese schools of thought, Daoism arose out of the promotion of dao as the social ideal. Laozi is traditionally regarded as the founder of… …

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  • 87Stubbs, George — born Aug. 24, 1724, Liverpool, Eng. died July 10, 1806, London British animal painter and anatomical draftsman. Son of a prosperous tanner, he was briefly apprenticed to a painter but was basically self taught. His masterly depictions of hunters… …

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  • 88Gothic Architecture — • History of the style Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gothic Architecture     Gothic Architecture     † …

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  • 89innombrable — (i non bra bl ) adj. Qui ne se peut nombrer. •   Vous m avez établi roi sur votre grand peuple qui est aussi innombrable que la poussière de la terre, SACI Bible, Paralip. II, I, 9.    Par exagération. •   Non seulement elle conservait, mais… …

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  • 90untold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unknown, unrevealed, undisclosed; countless, measureless, legion, innumerable. See concealment, multitude, infinity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. uncounted, countless, unnumbered, unexpressed, many,… …

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