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  • 21load — I. n. 1. Burden, weight. 2. Lading, cargo, freight. 3. Encumbrance, pressure, clog, incubus, drag weight, dead weight, oppression. 4. Charge (of a fire arm). 5. Weight, violence (of blows). II. v. a …

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  • 22burden — I. n.; (also burthen) 1. Load, weight. 2. Cargo, freight, lading. 3. Capacity, carrying capacity, tonnage. 4. Encumbrance, clog, impediment, incubus, grievance, trial, trouble, sorrow, affliction, drag weight, dead weight. 5. Chorus, refrain. 6.… …

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  • 23Fuel efficiency — is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the efficiency of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier fuel into kinetic energy or work. Overall fuel efficiency may vary per device, which in turn may vary per… …

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  • 24incubus — n. 1. Nightmare. 2. Demon of nightmare, nightmare fiend. 3. Encumbrance, clog, impediment, oppression, load, burden, hindrance, drag weight, dead weight …

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  • 25incumbrance — n. [Written also Encumbrance.] 1. Load, burden, clog, impediment, incubus, hindrance, dead weight, drag weight. 2. Debt, claim, liability …

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  • 26clog — I. v. a. 1. Trammel, shackle, hamper, fetter, put a clog on. 2. Obstruct, choke, choke up, stop up. 3. Encumber, hinder, impede, hamper, embarrass, cumber, restrain, trammel, burden, load. II. n. 1. Trammel, fetter, shackle, drag weight, dead… …

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  • 27Dragged — Drag Drag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dragging}.] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same word as E. draw. ? See {Draw}.] 1. To draw slowly or heavily onward;… …

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  • 28Dragging — Drag Drag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dragging}.] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same word as E. draw. ? See {Draw}.] 1. To draw slowly or heavily onward;… …

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  • 29dragonfly — /drag euhn fluy /, n., pl. dragonflies. 1. any of numerous stout bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by… …

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  • 30airplane — /air playn /, n. 1. a heavier than air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc. 2. any similar heavier than air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter. Also …

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