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  • 101plug — I. noun Etymology: Dutch, from Middle Dutch plugge; akin to Middle High German pfloc plug Date: 1606 1. a. a piece used to fill a hole ; stopper b. an obtruding or obstructing mass of material resembling a stopper 2. a flat compressed cake of… …

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  • 102Gee Bee Model R — For the 1978 arcade game, see Gee Bee (arcade game). The Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster (also known as the GB Sportster), sometimes nicknamed The Flying Silo due to the short, fat fuselage resembling that type of farm storage building, was a… …

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  • 103Supermodified racing — Supermodifieds are a class of open wheel race car that compete on paved short tracks throughout the United States and Canada. The class was founded in the 1950s and is especially popular in the Northeast and Great Lakes… …

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  • 104plug — 1. noun /plʌɡ/ a) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket. I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again. b) Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a… …

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  • 105Coarctation — A narrowing, a stricture, a constriction. Although the best known coarctation is of the aorta, any artery can have a coarctation. The word “coarctation” comes from the Latin “coartare” meaning :to press together.” The sides of the vessel at the… …

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  • 106plug — Any mass filling a hole or closing an orifice. Dittrich plugs minute, dirty grayish, ill smelling masses of bacteria and fatty acid crystals in the sputum in pulmonary gangrene and fetid bronchitis. SYN …

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  • 107Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance — X Wing Alliance Developer(s) Totally Games Publisher(s) LucasArts …

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  • 108take\ up — v 1. To remove by taking in. Use a blotter to take up the spilled ink. When the vacuum cleaner bag is full, it will not take up dirt from the rug. 2. To fill or to occupy. All his evenings were taken up with study. The oceans take up the greater… …

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  • 109Lycra — [[t]la͟ɪkrə[/t]] N UNCOUNT Lycra is a type of stretchy fabric, similar to elastic, which is used to make tight fitting garments such as tights and swimming costumes. [TRADEMARK] …

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  • 110take up — 1) begin an activity or hobby He has a lot of free time lately and has decided to take up fishing as a hobby. 2) fill a place or time, occupy All of his evenings have been taken up by his hobby of building model airplanes. 3) gather together,… …

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