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a. of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
n. German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)


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n. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
n. a person who founds or establishes some institution


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ad. showing approval


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n. designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
n. the act of finishing


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n. play in which children pretend to put out a fire
n. a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)


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v. produce or yield flowers
n. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity


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ad. for a limitless time
ad. without interruption


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n. a first-year undergraduate
n. any new participant in some activity


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n. a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
n. a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)


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ad. to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
ad. sufficiently; more than adequately


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