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  • 21Windeward Bound — The Windeward Bound is a brigantine based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.It is commonly used for training youth (of any age) to sail, offering training and voyages that last from anywhere between an hour or two to many weeks. In 2002 2003 the… …

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  • 22root-bound — adj 1. Having a limited amount of space for root growth. After seven or eight years day lilies become root bound and will not bloom well unless they are divided. 2. Liking the familiar place where you live and not wanting to go away from it;… …

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  • 23muscle-bound — {adj.} Having your muscles large, hard, and tight from too much exercising; having muscles so developed that you can hardly move. * /Bob was big and strong, but he was muscle bound, and Bill could beat him./ * /An athlete must train properly so… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 24muscle-bound — {adj.} Having your muscles large, hard, and tight from too much exercising; having muscles so developed that you can hardly move. * /Bob was big and strong, but he was muscle bound, and Bill could beat him./ * /An athlete must train properly so… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 25Zero-Bound — A situation that occurs when the Federal Reserve has lowered short term interest rates to zero or nearly zero. When interest rates are this low, new methods of economic stimulus must be examined and implemented. Zero bound can also refer to a… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 26muscle-bound — adj Having your muscles large, hard, and tight from too much exercising; having muscles so developed that you can hardly move. Bob was big and strong, but he was muscle bound, and Bill could beat him. An athlete must train properly so as not to… …

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  • 27crystal — crystallike, adj. /kris tl/, n., adj., v., crystaled, crystaling or (esp. Brit.) crystalled, crystalling. n. 1. a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice. 2. the transparent form of crystallized quartz. 3. Chem., Mineral. a solid body… …

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  • 28Crystal — /kris tl/, n. 1. a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis. 25,543. 2. a female given name. * * * I Any solid material whose atoms are arranged in a definite pattern and whose surface regularity reflects its internal symmetry. Each of a crystal s… …

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  • 29protein — proteinaceous /proh tee nay sheuhs, tee i nay /, proteinic, proteinous, adj. /proh teen, tee in/, n. 1. Biochem. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the… …

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  • 30muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …

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