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coronach
n.
5Ir coranach & Gael corranach < comh3, together + ranach, outcry < ran, to weep6
1 [Scot.] a dirge, sung or played on bagpipes
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crinoid
adj.
5Gr krinoeidcs, lilylike < krinon, lily + 3eidcs, 3OID6
1 lily-shaped
2 designating or of a class (Crinoidea) of echinoderms, some of which are flowerlike in form and are anchored by a stalk, others of which are free-swimming
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an animal of this class, as a sea lily or feather star
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The origin of cryogenics can be traced back to 1714 when Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the
Fahrenheit scale, which was based on a process of reaching temperatures slightly lower than 0
degrees Fahrenheit (called cryohydrate). This process involved mixing ice with rock salt (which
eventually led to the mixing of ice and calcium chloride), which produced temperatures as low
as -67 degrees Fahrenheit ("Cryogenics" 1970).
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
cymogene
SYLLABICATION:
cy·mo·gene
PRONUNCIATION:
sm-jn
NOUN:
A flammable gaseous fraction of petroleum, consisting chiefly of butane.
ETYMOLOGY:
cym(ene) + –gene.
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1) cysteine. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...An amino acid, C3H7O2NS, derived from cystine and found in most proteins. Alteration of cystine....
2) homocysteine. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
2000.
...of blood vessels and enhancing blood clotting. homo-, homologous with (from homologous) +
cysteine
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1) decalcomania. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...The process of transferring pictures or designs printed on specially prepared paper to materials such
as glass or metal. 2. A decal. French decalcomanie, from dcalquer,...
2) decal. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A picture or design transferred by decalcomania. 2. A decorative sticker. Short for
decalcomania....
3) cockamamie. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
2000.
...2. Ludicrous; nonsensical: gave me a cockamamie reason for not going. Probably alteration of
decalcomania....
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) dehiscence. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
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...Botany The spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or
sporangium, to release its contents. 2. Medicine A rupture or splitting...
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any of various parasitic flatworms that have two suckers,
one at the front and the other at the rear of the
underside.
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The origin of cryogenics can be traced back to 1714
That's interesting, thanks Bill. It is surprising that the technology has been developing knowingly (I mean with a deliberate scientific approach) for that long.
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