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  • 71Thrum — Thrum, v. t. 1. To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 72chant — I. verb Etymology: Middle English chaunten, from Anglo French chanter, from Latin cantare, frequentative of canere to sing; akin to Old English hana rooster, Old Irish canid he sings Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to make melodic sounds… …

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  • 73drudge — I. verb (drudged; drudging) Etymology: Middle English druggen Date: 14th century intransitive verb to do hard, menial, or monotonous work transitive verb to force to do hard, menial, or monotonous work • drudger noun II …

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  • 74singsong — I. noun Date: 1609 1. verse with marked and regular rhythm and rhyme 2. a voice delivery marked by a narrow range or monotonous pattern of pitch 3. British songfest • singsongy adjective II. adjective Date …

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  • 75thrum — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thrum (in tungethrum ligament of the tongue); akin to Old High German drum fragment Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) a fringe of warp threads left on the loom after the cloth has been removed (2)… …

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  • 76Adjoint functors — Adjunction redirects here. For the construction in field theory, see Adjunction (field theory). For the construction in topology, see Adjunction space. In mathematics, adjoint functors are pairs of functors which stand in a particular… …

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  • 773-Quinuclidinyl benzilate — Chembox new ImageFile=3 quinuclidinyl benzilate.svg ImageSize= IUPACName=1 azabicyclo [2.2.2] oct 3 yl hydroxy(diphenyl)acetate OtherNames= Section1= Chembox Identifiers CASNo=6581 06 2 PubChem=23056 SMILES= MeSHName=Quinuclidinyl+benzilate… …

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  • 78Sea shanty — For the song Sea Shanty by Quasi, see Featuring Birds For the album Sea Shanties by English band High Tide, see High Tide (band). Sailors sang shanties while performing shipboard labor A shanty (also spelled chantey , chanty ) is a type of work… …

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  • 79Eartha Kitt — Infobox actor name = Eartha Kitt caption = photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1952 imagesize = 200px birthdate = birth date and age|1927|1|17 birthplace = North, South Carolina, USA birthname = Eartha Mae Keith spouse = Bill McDonald (1960 1965)… …

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  • 80Oligodendroglioma — Classification and external resources Micrograph of an oligodendroglioma showing the characteristic branching, small, chicken wire like blood vessels and fried egg like cells, with clear …

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