Excesses

  • 1excesses — ex·cess || ɪk ses n. overabundance, surplus; overindulgence, immoderation adj. extra, leftover, superfluous, above and beyond …

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  • 2excesses — outrageous or immoderate behaviour. → excess …

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  • 3excesses — n. pl. 1. Debauchery, orgies, revels, saturnalia. 2. Rages, furies, cruelties, brutalities, enormities …

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  • 4excess — ♦♦♦ excesses (The noun is pronounced [[t]ɪkse̱s[/t]]. The adjective is pronounced [[t]e̱kses[/t]].) 1) N VAR: with supp, usu a N of n An excess of something is a larger amount than is needed, allowed, or usual. An excess of houseplants in a small …

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  • 5Traditional Chinese medicine — Alternative medical systems Traditional Chinese medicin …

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  • 6Stalinist architecture — (also referred to as Stalin s Empire style, Stalinist Gothic, or Socialist Classicism) is a term given to architecture of the Soviet Union between 1933, when Boris Iofan s draft for Palace of Soviets was officially approved, and 1955, when Nikita …

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  • 7excess — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 too much of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ rhetorical, stylistic, verbal ▪ His statements cannot be simply dismissed as rhetorical excess. ▪ financial ▪ scan …

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  • 8Lwów pogrom (1918) — The Lwów pogrom (also called the Lemberg pogrom) of the Jewish population of Lwów (now Lviv) took place on November 21 November 23 1918 during the Polish Ukrainian War. In the course of the three days of unrest in the city, an estimated 52 150… …

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  • 9china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 10China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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