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61regeneration — /ri jen euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. act of regenerating; state of being regenerated. 2. Electronics. a feedback process in which energy from the output of an amplifier is fed back to the grid circuit to reinforce the input. 3. Biol. the restoration or …
62scorpion — scorpionic /skawr pee on ik/, adj. /skawr pee euhn/, n. 1. any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting. 2. the… …
63steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
64water buffalo — a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction. Also called water ox. [1885 90] * * * or Indian buffalo Any of three subspecies of oxlike bovid (species Bubalus… …
65charadriiform — ▪ bird order Introduction any member of the large group of birds (bird) that includes the sandpipers (sandpiper), plovers (plover), gulls (gull), auks (auk), and their relatives. These birds form an important and familiar segment of the… …
66western Africa, history of — Introduction history of the region from the 11th century to the present. A reasonable body of sources for the writing of western African history begins to be available about AD 1000. Three centuries earlier, the Arabs (Arab) had… …
67Eastern Churches — • Eastern Churches depended originally on the Eastern Empire at Constantinople Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Eastern Churches Eastern Churches …
68amphioxus — /am fee ok seuhs/, n., pl. amphioxi / ok suy/, amphioxuses. Zool. lancelet. [1830 40; < NL: lit., sharp at both ends < Gk amphi AMPHI + oxýs pointed] * * * or lancelet Any of certain small marine chordates (invertebrate subphylum Cephalochordata) …
69takin — /tah kin, keen/, n. a mountain dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox. [1840 50; alleged to be < Mishmi (Tibeto Burman language of a… …
70Elbow — Three long bones meet in the middle portion of the arm at the elbow joint. The bone of the upper arm (humerus) meets both the ulna (the inner bone of the forearm) and radius (the outer bone of the forearm) to form a hinge joint. The radius and… …
