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  • 81riddle — riddle1 noun a question or statement phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning. ↘a person or thing that is difficult to understand. verb archaic speak in or pose riddles. ↘explain (a riddle) to. Derivatives riddler… …

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  • 82wild-oat kicker — noun : a grain cleaner in which the sieve is so constructed that the kernels come to an angle in the throat which they cannot pass through and are kicked backward in the direction of the throw of the sieve and eventually discharged from the… …

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  • 83percolate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin percolatus, past participle of percolare, from per through + colare to sieve more at per , colander Date: 1626 transitive verb 1. a. to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance (as a powdered… …

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  • 84Semipermeable membrane — Scheme of semipermeable membrane during hemodialysis, where red is blood, blue is the dialysing fluid, and yellow is the membrane. A semipermeable membrane, also termed a selectively permeable membrane, a partially permeable membrane or a… …

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  • 85Beekeeping — [cite web| last =Traynor | first =Kirsten | title =Ancient Cave Painting Man of Bicorp | publisher =MD Bee | url =http://www.mdbee.com/articles/cavepainting.html format =Web article | accessdate =2008 03 12 ] ] Beekeeping (or apiculture, from… …

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  • 86Micro-g environment — The term micro g environment (also µg, often referred to by the term microgravity) is more or less a synonym of weightlessness and zero G, but indicates that g forces are not quite zero, just very small.[1] The symbol for microgravity, µg, was… …

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  • 87Phytoplasma — Phyllody induced by phytoplasma infection on a coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). Scientific classification Division …

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  • 88Rice (cooking) — Rice is a cooking term meaning to pass food through a food mill or ricer , which comes in several forms. In the most basic, food is pushed or pressured through a metal or plastic plate with many small holes, producing a smoother result than… …

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  • 89Grooved carpet shell — Taxobox name = Ruditapes decussatus regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Veneroida familia = Veneridae genus = Ruditapes species = R. decussatus binomial = Ruditapes decussatus binomial authority = L., 1758The grooved… …

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  • 90filter — n 1. strainer, strain, screen, sieve, sifter, colander, riddle; leaching field, drainage, field; net, netting, gauze, cheesecloth. v 2. strain, filtrate, clear, clarify; purify, refine. 3. percolate, leach, run through, pass through, filter… …

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