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MOST |
Nearly all |
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PLURALITY |
Nearly all |
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ALMOST |
Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. |
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CAABA |
The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which
all Mohammedans must pray. |
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PIGEON |
Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species
occur in nearly all parts of the world. |
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BRACHIATE |
Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly
horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the
maple and lilac. |
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UINTATHERIUM |
An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to
Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species
of the group. See Dinoceras. |
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ALMAGEST |
The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which
contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and
theories of the anci... |
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PARKERIA |
A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in
the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are
of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball. |
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LITTORINA |
A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick
spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts.
They feed on seaweed... |
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THORACOSTRACA |
An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal
shield or carapec/ //niting all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites
to the head. It inc... |
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FROCK |
A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take
the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which
can be drawn o... |
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PHONOTYPY |
A method of phonetic printing of the English language,
as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and
many new forms ar... |
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QUARTATION |
The act, process, or result (in the process of parting)
of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce
the fineness so a... |
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SNAIL |
...eathing
gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the
family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the wor... |
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PLANTAIN |
...t now found near
the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world. ... |
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PANCREAS |
The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of
nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and
its secretion, c... |
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MOUSE |
...nging to
the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. The
common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries.... |
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COCOA PALM |
A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It
grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or
eighty feet. The... |
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METAZOA |
...-- the ectoderm and endoderm. The group comprises nearly
all animals except the Protozoa. ... |
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PROTEID |
...s,
containing, as a rule, a small amount of sulphur; an albuminoid, as
blood fibrin, casein of milk, etc. Proteids are present in nearly all
... |
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MASTODON |
...larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly
all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late
Quaternary time. ... |
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KINGFISHER |
...and fifty species are known. They are
found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant
in the East Indies. ... |
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FELDSPATH |
... two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors
are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish. ... |
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MARSUPIALIA |
A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the
mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the
opossums of America. They dif... |