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  • 1Descending palatine artery — Artery: Descending palatine artery Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. ( Desc. pal. visible in upper right.) …

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  • 2course — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, Indian file, MO, Zeitgeist, academic specialty, act, adit, advance, advancement, advancing, affluence, afflux, affluxion, agora, aim, air lane, algorithm, ambit, amphitheater, angular motion,… …

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  • 3Basic Parachute Course — The Basic Parachute Course for members of the British Armed Forces is conducted by the Static Line Training Squadron of No.1 Parachute Training School RAF, based at RAF Brize Norton.The Basic Parachute Course is 4 weeks long for regular troops.… …

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  • 4Iran Air Flight 655 — Artist s depiction of A300 EP IBU Occurrence summary Date 3 July 1988 …

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  • 5Downward — Down ward, Downwards Down wards, adv. [AS. ad?nweard. See {Down}, adv., and { ward}.] 1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. Looking downwards. Pope. [1913… …

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  • 6Downwards — Downward Down ward, Downwards Down wards, adv. [AS. ad?nweard. See {Down}, adv., and { ward}.] 1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. Looking downwards. Pope …

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  • 7down — I. prep. 1. From the top to the bottom of. 2. Along the course of. II. ad. 1. Downward, in a descending course, from a high to a low position. 2. On the ground, the floor, etc., prostrate. 3. From a thin to a dense state, into a denser… …

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  • 8downward — ad.; (also downwards) Down, in a descending course …

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  • 9GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… …

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  • 10Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… …

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