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  • 41Stringy bark — Stringy String y, a. 1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely. [1913 Webster] {Stringy bark}… …

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  • 42vegetable albumin — Zymome y mome, n. [Gr. ? a fermented mixture.] (Old Chem.) A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; now called {vegetable fibrin}, {vegetable albumin}, or {gluten casein}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 43vegetable fibrin — Zymome y mome, n. [Gr. ? a fermented mixture.] (Old Chem.) A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; now called {vegetable fibrin}, {vegetable albumin}, or {gluten casein}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 44Zymome — y mome, n. [Gr. ? a fermented mixture.] (Old Chem.) A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; now called {vegetable fibrin}, {vegetable albumin}, or {gluten casein}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 45conglutinate — verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Latin conglutinatus, past participle of conglutinare to glue together, from com + glutin , gluten glue more at gluten Date: 1546 transitive verb to unite by or as if by a glutinous substance intransit …

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  • 46Bernard Fleetwood-Walker — (invariably known as B. Fleetwood Walker) was born on the 22 March 1893 in Birmingham, a twin and one of five children. His father, William Walker was an electrical engineer and co inventor of the Walker Wilkins battery, while his mother, Electra …

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  • 47zoogloea — [zō΄ōglē′ə, zō΄əglē′ə] n. 〚ModL /span> ZOO + Gr gloios, glutinous substance, gum < IE base * glei > CLAY〛 a colony of bacteria forming a jellylike mass as the result of the swelling of the cell walls through the absorption of water zoogloeal adj …

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  • 48string — stringless, adj. stringlike, adj. /string/, n., v., strung; strung or (Rare) stringed; stringing. n. 1. a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line. 2. something resembling a cord or thread. 3. Physics. a mathematical entity&#8230; …

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  • 49Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder — born с 1525, probably Breda, duchy of Brabant died Sept. 5/9, 1569, Brussels Greatest Netherlandish painter of the 16th century. Not much is known of his early life, but in 1551 he set off for Italy, where he produced his earliest signed painting …

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  • 50adhere — verb /ædˈhiɹ/ a) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura. b) To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union&#8230; …

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