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noun • author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870) • English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991) • Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813) • United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1936) • Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993) • American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) • United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929) • Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959) • United States literary critic (1895-1972) • 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924) • a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high) | ||||||||
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noun • the evasion of work or duty | ||||||||
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adjective • being or moving lower in position or less in some value noun • soft fine feathers • English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) • (American football) a complete play to advance the football • (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil • fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) adverb • spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position • away from a more central or a more northerly place • paid in cash at time of purchase • from an earlier time • to a lower intensity • in an inactive or inoperative state adjective satellite • extending or moving from a higher to a lower place • becoming progressively lower • being put out in a game of baseball • understood perfectly • lower than previously • shut • not functioning (temporarily or permanently) • filled with melancholy and despondency verb • drink down entirely • eat up completely, as with great appetite • bring down or defeat (an opponent) • shoot at and force to come down • cause to come or go down • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | ||||||||
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