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51tuba — /tooh beuh, tyooh /, n., pl. tubas for 1a, b, 2; tubae / bee/ for 1c. 1. Music. a. a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range. b. an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power. c. an ancient Roman trumpet. 2. Meteorol …
52Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt Egypt † …
53diagonal — 1. adjective /daɪˈæɡənəl/ a) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron). b) Having a slanted or oblique direction, lines or markings …
54biretta'd — adjective wearing a biretta Facing the ladies a birettad priest appeared to be perusing a little, fat, black, greasy book of prayers which he held aslant so as to catch the light …
55lordoscoliosis — Combined backward and lateral curvature of the spine. [G. lordos, bent back, + skoliosis, crookedness, fr. skolios, bent, aslant] * * * lor·do·sco·li·o·sis (lor″do sko″le oґsis) [lordosis + scoliosis] lordosis complicated with… …
56oblique — I (evasive) adjective ambivalent, backhanded, circuitous, circumlocutory, cloaked, concealed, devious, disingenuous, elusive, elusory, equivocal, equivocating, furtive, indeterminate, indirect, inexact, lacking clarity, prevaricating, recondite,… …
57Ionians (The) — The Ionians Malcolm Schofield THALES AND OTHERS The Greeks agreed that philosophy had begun with Thales. However they did not know much about his views.1 What survives is mostly a potent legend. Herodotus tells stories of his practical ingenuity …
58aside — Synonyms and related words: a huis clos, all, apart, askance, askant, askew, aslant, aslope, asquint, away, awry, back, behind closed doors, beside, between the teeth, broadside, broadside on, by, crabwise, discursion, divagation, downgrade,… …
59awry — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, abroad, adrift, afield, agee, agee jawed, all abroad, all off, all wrong, amiss, aside, askance, askant, askew, askewgee, aslant, asquint, astray, at fault, badly, beside the mark, cam, catawampous,… …
60beveled — Synonyms and related words: aslant, aslope, atilt, bevel, bias, biased, canting, careening, inclinational, inclinatory, inclined, inclining, leaning, listing, out of plumb, out of square, pitched, raking, recumbent, shelving, shelvy, sideling,… …
