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  • 81hungry — hun•gry [[t]ˈhʌŋ gri[/t]] adj. gri•er, gri•est 1) having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger; ravenous 2) strongly or eagerly desirous: hungry for success[/ex] 3) indicating or characterized by hunger or strong desire: a hungry… …

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  • 82hungry — /ˈhʌŋgri / (say hunggree) adjective (hungrier, hungriest) 1. craving food; having a keen appetite. 2. indicating, characteristic of, or characterised by hunger or meanness: a lean and hungry look. 3. strongly or eagerly desirous. 4. always… …

  • 83Famine — Fam ine, n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. ????? want, need, Skr. h[=a]ni loss, lack, h[=a] to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. Worn with famine. Milton. [1913 Webster] There was a famine in… …

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  • 84Famine fever — Famine Fam ine, n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. ????? want, need, Skr. h[=a]ni loss, lack, h[=a] to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. Worn with famine. Milton. [1913 Webster] There was a… …

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  • 85famine — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from feim, faim hunger, from Latin fames Date: 14th century 1. an extreme scarcity of food 2. archaic starvation 3. archaic a ravenous appetite 4. a great shortage …

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  • 86North Pole — For other uses, see North Pole (disambiguation). Coordinates: 90°N 0°W / 90°N 0°W / 90; 0 …

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  • 87682 — NOTOC EventsBy PlaceEurope* The first entry is made in the Welsh chronicle Brut y Tywysogion .Asia* Due to a culmination of major droughts, floods, locust plagues, and epidemics, a widespread famine breaks out in the dual Chinese capital cities… …

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  • 88Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé — (8 September, 1621 – 11 November, 1686) was a French general and the most famous representative of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon. Prior to his father s death in 1646, he was styled the Duc d Enghien. For his military prowess he was… …

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  • 89Maratha Empire — Maratha Confederacy मराठा साम्राज्य Maratha Samrajya …

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  • 90Patrick Kennedy (1823–1858) — Infobox Person name = Patrick Kennedy image size = 200px caption = Patrick Kennedy (1823 1858) birth date = C. 1823 birth place = Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland death date = November 22 1858 death place = East Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.… …

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