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#93141 01/23/03 08:50 PM
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equipluve, line drawn through locations having same annual
rainfall. ...


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erbium
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5ModL: so named (1843) by K. G. Mosander (1797-1858), Swed chemist, after Ytterby, village in Sweden where the rare-earth minerals were first found + 3IUM6 a trivalent chemical element of the rare-earth metals: symbol, Er; at. wt., 167.26; at. no., 68; sp. gr., 9.066; melt. pt., 1,529UC; boil. pt., 2,863UC



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Of or related to deserts and sandy places.


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But (or, anyway) it moves...

Said from Galileo (talking to himself) after having (forcedly) admitted that the earth doesn't move around the sun.


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Is there some baldhead term that sounds like epilagic?

Pilgarlic?


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Dear WW: here's another word about ocean biostrata:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

stenobathic


SYLLABICATION:
sten·o·bath·ic
PRONUNCIATION:
stn-bthk
ADJECTIVE:
Limited to or able to live only within a narrow range of water depths. Used of
aquatic organisms.
ETYMOLOGY:
steno– + Greek bathos, depth + –ic.
OTHER FORMS:
steno·bath —NOUN


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Is there some baldhead term that sounds like epilagic?

Pilgarlic?


isn't that what you take to keep away the vampires?



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what you take to keep away the vampires

Not me. Nuh-uh. 'S'gotta be the real thang or ferget it.


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