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  • 91scin|tig|ra|phy — «sihn TIHG ruh fee», noun. a means of obtaining diagnostic pictures of internal organs by administering radioisotopes to the patient and subsequently recording their distribution with a device related to the scintillation counter. ╂[<… …

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  • 92se|tig|er|ous — «sih TIHJ uhr uhs», adjective. Zoology. setaceous: »the setigerous growth on the skin of pigs. ╂[< Latin sētiger (< sēta bristle + gerere to bear) + English ous] …

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  • 93stra|tig|ra|pher — «struh TIHG ruh fuhr», noun. a person skilled in stratigraphy …

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  • 94stra|tig|ra|phy — «struh TIHG ruh fee», noun. 1. the branch of geology that deals with the order and position of strata. 2. the order and position of the strata (of a country or region): »The stratigraphy of river deposits can pose obdurate problems (G. H. Dury) …

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  • 95ver|tig|i|nate — «vur TIHJ uh NAYT», intransitive verb, nat|ed, nat|ing. to turn round, spin, or rush dizzily: »Finding where the car is parked once one descends and ceases to vertiginate becomes a real problem (New York Times). Surely never did argument… …

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  • 96ves|tig|i|um — «vehs TIHJ ee uhm», noun, plural i|a « ee uh». 1. Biology. a part, organ, or kind of behavior that is no longer fully developed or useful; vestige. 2. Obsolete. a vestige in general. ╂[< Latin vestīgium footprint, trace] …

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  • 97vor|tig|i|nous — «vawr TIHJ uh nuhs», adjective. 1. (of motion) vortical. 2. moving in a vortex; rushing in whirls or eddies. ╂[< Latin vortīgō, inis, variant of vertīgō (see etym. under vertigo (Cf. ↑vertigo)) + English ous] …

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  • 98zaf|tig — «ZAHF tihk», adjective. = zoftig. (Cf. ↑zoftig) …

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  • 99zof|tig — «ZOF tihk», adjective. U.S. Slang. pleasantly plump; having a full, curvaceous figure. Also, zaftig. ╂[< Yiddish zaftig (literally) juicy, succulent] …

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  • 100frǽtig — adj perverse, proud …

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