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  • 51HMS Isis (1819) — HMS Isis launched in 1819 was ordered in 1811 as a 50 gun two decker of the fourth rate Salisbury class, but was redesigned while building, being lengthened on the stocks by 11 feet, and cut down by one deck to produce a spar deck frigate, that… …

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  • 52Royal Dutch Shell environmental issues — Royal Dutch Shell is engaged in a variety of business activities across the world which of necessity involves the extraction, production, handling, processing, storage and transportation of hazardous products, including hydrocarbons and chemicals …

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  • 53barite — /bair uyt, bar /, n. a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO4, occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium. Also, barytes. Also called heavy spar. [1780 90; BAR(YTES) + ITE1] * * * or barytes or heavy… …

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  • 54asparagine — NH2COCH2CH(NH3+COO−; the β amide of aspartic acid, the l isomer is a nutritionally nonessential amino acid occurring in proteins; a diuretic. a. ligase an acid:ammonia ligase (amide synthetase) forming l a. and l glutamate from l aspartate and l… …

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  • 55alkaline-earth metal — /al keuh luyn errth , lin /, Chem. any of the group of bivalent metals including barium, radium, strontium, calcium, and, usually, magnesium, the hydroxides of which are alkalis but less soluble than those of the alkali metals. [1900 05] * * * ▪… …

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  • 56Tabular — Tab u*lar, a. [L. tabularis, fr. tabula a board, table. See {Table}.] Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word). Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock. [1913 Webster] (b)… …

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  • 57Tabular difference — Tabular Tab u*lar, a. [L. tabularis, fr. tabula a board, table. See {Table}.] Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word). Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock. [1913… …

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  • 58de Havilland Sea Vixen — DH.110 Sea Vixen Role Carrier based fighter Manufacturer de Havilland First flight 26 S …

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  • 59List of sports idioms — The following is a list of phrases derived from sports which have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved a usage and meaning independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games. The… …

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  • 60wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …

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