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  • 91corkscrew — /kawrk skrooh /, n. 1. an instrument typically consisting of a metal spiral with a sharp point at one end and a transverse handle at the other, used for drawing corks from bottles. adj. 2. resembling a corkscrew; helical; spiral. v.t., v.i. 3. to …

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  • 92stereotyped response — ▪ biology Introduction       unlearned behavioral reaction of an organism to some environmental stimulus. It is an adaptive mechanism and may be expressed in a variety of ways. All living organisms exhibit one or more types of stereotyped… …

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  • 93slalom — 1. noun /ˈslɑː.ləm/ a) The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. (Often used attributively) Slalom is her strongest Olympic sport. b) Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis …

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  • 94weave — English has two distinct verbs weave, but they have grown to resemble each other closely over the centuries. Weave ‘make cloth’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *weben, which also produced German weben, Dutch weven, Swedish väva, and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 95box canyon —     a) A narrow gorge or canyon containing an intermittent stream following a zigzag course, characterized by high, steep rock walls and typically closed upstream by a similar wall, giving the impression, as viewed from its bottom, of being… …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 96denture — 1874, from Fr. denture set of teeth, from L. dens (gen. dentis, tooth; see TOOTH (Cf. tooth)) + ure (see URE (Cf. ure)). In M.E., the word meant an indenture; a zigzag course (c.1400) …

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  • 97switchback — n. road or railroad following a zigzag course up a steep incline …

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  • 98switchbacks — n. road or railroad following a zigzag course up a steep incline …

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  • 99traverse — [ travəs, trə və:s] verb 1》 travel or extend across or through.     ↘cross a rock face by means of a series of sideways movements from one practicable line of ascent or descent to another.     ↘ski diagonally across (a slope), losing only a… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 100corkscrew — cork•screw [[t]ˈkɔrkˌskru[/t]] n. 1) an instrument typically consisting of a metal spiral with a sharp point at one end and a transverse handle at the other, used for drawing corks from bottles 2) resembling a corkscrew; helical; spiral 3) to… …

    From formal English to slang