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  • 101welter — [13] Welter was originally a verb, meaning ‘roll about’ (borrowed probably from Middle Dutch welteren, it came ultimately from the Germanic base *wal , *wel ‘roll’, source also of English wallet, wallow, waltz, etc, and is distantly related to… …

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  • 102pell-mell — [pel′mel′] adv., adj. [Fr pêle mêle < OFr pesle mesle, redupl. < mesler, to mix] 1. in a jumbled, confused mass or manner; without order or method 2. in wild, disorderly haste; headlong n. a jumble; confusion; disorder: Also pellmell …

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  • 103wilderness — [wil′dər nis] n. [ME wildernesse < wilderne, wild place (< OE wilddeor, wild animal < wilde, WILD + deor, animal, DEER) + nesse, NESS] 1. an uncultivated, uninhabited region; waste; wild 2. any barren, empty, or open area, as of ocean 3 …

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  • 104maze — n. & v. n. 1 a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle for those who try to penetrate it. 2 a complex network of paths or passages; a labyrinth. 3 confusion, a confused mass, etc. v.tr. (esp. as mazed adj.) bewilder, confuse. Derivatives …

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  • 105Mill — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a building fitted with a mechanical apparatus for grinding corn. b such an apparatus. 2 an apparatus for grinding any solid substance to powder or pulp (pepper mill). 3 a a building fitted with machinery for manufacturing… …

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  • 106mill — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a building fitted with a mechanical apparatus for grinding corn. b such an apparatus. 2 an apparatus for grinding any solid substance to powder or pulp (pepper mill). 3 a a building fitted with machinery for manufacturing… …

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  • 107pie — 1. n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything resembling a pie in form (a mud pie). Phrases and idioms: easy as pie very easy. pie chart a circle divided into sectors to represent relative… …

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  • 108PIE — 1. n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything resembling a pie in form (a mud pie). Phrases and idioms: easy as pie very easy. pie chart a circle divided into sectors to represent relative… …

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  • 109tangled — adjective 1. in a confused mass (Freq. 5) pushed back her tangled hair the tangled ropes • Ant: ↑untangled • Similar to: ↑afoul, ↑foul, ↑ …

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  • 110segmentalize — segˈmentəlˌīz transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: segmental + ize : to divide or separate into segments our larger segmentalized and confused mass society Kimball Young introduces experimentally the concept of wholes in place of… …

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