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n. a divine manifestation, twelve days after Christmas


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a. tending to vanish like vapor, soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing


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n. a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes


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v. estimate the value of, insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby


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a. relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith


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n. unwillingness to get involved in or influence other people's activities


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n. a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft


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n. type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus


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n. the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules)


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n. rejection of all religious and moral principles


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