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41sweat — [c]/swɛt / (say swet) verb (sweat or sweated, sweating) –verb (i) 1. to excrete watery fluid through the pores of the skin, as from heat, exertion, etc.; perspire, especially freely or profusely. 2. to exude moisture, as green plants piled in a… …
42throng — [13] The etymological notion underlying throng is of ‘pressing together’. It was borrowed from Old Norse throng ‘crowd’, which went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *thringg ‘press’ (source also of German drang ‘crowd, pressure’… …
43accordion — [ə kôr′dē ən] n. [Ger akkordion < akkord, harmony (prob. < It accordare, to be in tune: see ACCORD) + ion as in ORCHESTRION] a musical instrument with keys, metal reeds, and a bellows: it is played by alternately pulling out and pressing… …
44abstriction — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷shən noun Etymology: ab (I) + Late Latin striction , strictio act of pressing together, from Latin strictus + ion , io ion : the formation of spores by the cutting off of usually successive terminal portions of the sporophore through the …
45sympiesometer — /sim pi i zomˈi tər or somˈ/ noun 1. A barometer with a gas instead of a vacuum 2. An instrument for measuring the pressure of a current ORIGIN: Gr sympiesis a pressing together, from syn with, piezein to press, and metron a measure …
46com|pac|tion — «kuhm PAK shuhn», noun. 1. the act of making compact; compression. 2. the state of being compact. 3. Geology. a) the pressing together of rocks, sediment, or detritus to form a hard mass or stratum: »Eventual compaction of such ooze results in… …
47na|mas|te — «nah MAHS teh», noun. a form of greeting used in India by pressing together the palms of one s hands. ╂[< Hindi namaste < namas bow] …
48zip-lock — «ZIHP lok», adjective having a seam that can be opened and resealed securely by separating or pressing together the interlocking pieces: »Field archaeologists use plastic zip lock bags for gathering specimens …
49lam·i·na·ted — /ˈlæməˌneıtəd/ adj 1 : made by pressing together thin layers of material laminated wood laminated kitchen counters 2 : covered with a thin layer of clear plastic for protection a laminated photograph …
50Gateway AnyKey — The Gateway AnyKey is a programmable PC keyboard that was sold with desktop computers from the Gateway 2000 company roughly from 1990 to 1995. It was manufactured in at least five known versions and incarnations by Tucson, Arizona based Maxi… …
