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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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v. strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
n. an enthusiastic devotee of sports


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n. an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)
n. United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)


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a. of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism


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


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a. serving to set in motion
ad. the initial time


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n. an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
v. move quickly or suddenly


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n. people descended from a common ancestor
n. the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community


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n. someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
n. a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country


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n. a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
v. hunt fowl


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