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  • 21earth — /errth/, n. 1. (often cap.) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 mi. (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 mi. (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million mi. (149.6 million km), and a… …

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  • 22List of Pokémon (387–440) — Pokémon has 646 (as of Pokémon Black and White) distinctive fictional species classified as the titular Pokémon. These creatures and entities reside throughout various locations of the fictional Pokémon universe and can be caught by humans… …

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  • 23buoy´ant|ly — buoy|ant «BOY uhnt, BOO yuhnt», adjective. 1. able to float: »Wood and cork are buoyant; iron and lead are not. 2. able to keep things afloat: »Balloons can float because air is buoyant. 3. tending to rise: »Figurative. buoyant hopes, a buoyant… …

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  • 24buoy|ant — «BOY uhnt, BOO yuhnt», adjective. 1. able to float: »Wood and cork are buoyant; iron and lead are not. 2. able to keep things afloat: »Balloons can float because air is buoyant. 3. tending to rise: »Figurative. buoyant hopes, a buoyant stock… …

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  • 25Buoyant — Buoy ant, a. [From {Buoy}, v. t. & i.] 1. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. Buoyant on the flood. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body …

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  • 26Buoyantly — Buoyant Buoy ant, a. [From {Buoy}, v. t. & i.] 1. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. Buoyant on the flood. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining… …

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  • 27Gulf stream — Stream Stream (str[=e]m), n. [AS. stre[ a]m; akin to OFries. str[=a]m, OS. str[=o]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[=u]m, Dan. & Sw. str[ o]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. ry sis a flowing, rei^n to flow, Skr.… …

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  • 28Stream — (str[=e]m), n. [AS. stre[ a]m; akin to OFries. str[=a]m, OS. str[=o]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[=u]m, Dan. & Sw. str[ o]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. ry sis a flowing, rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. [root]174 …

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  • 29Stream anchor — Stream Stream (str[=e]m), n. [AS. stre[ a]m; akin to OFries. str[=a]m, OS. str[=o]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[=u]m, Dan. & Sw. str[ o]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. ry sis a flowing, rei^n to flow, Skr.… …

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  • 30Stream cable — Stream Stream (str[=e]m), n. [AS. stre[ a]m; akin to OFries. str[=a]m, OS. str[=o]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[=u]m, Dan. & Sw. str[ o]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. ry sis a flowing, rei^n to flow, Skr.… …

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