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  • 61Wells in Scripture — • It is difficult to realize the importance which a country like Palestine attaches to any source of fresh water Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Wells in Scripture     Wells in Scripture …

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  • 62harmattan — noun Parching dust bearing land wind on coast of Upper Guinea in December, January February …

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  • 63quench — 1. verb /kwɛnʧ/ a) To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst. The library quenched her thirst for knowledge. b) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.) I began also to feel very hungry, as not having eaten for twenty four… …

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  • 64Dervish state — Daraawiish دولة الدراويش 1896–1920 …

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  • 65Winds —    Blowing from the four quarters of heaven (Jer. 49:36; Ezek. 37:9; Dan. 8:8; Zech. 2:6). The east wind was parching (Ezek. 17:10; 19:12), and is sometimes mentioned as simply denoting a strong wind (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8). This wind prevails in… …

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  • 66Walser — I Wạlser,   aus dem oberen Wallis (Goms) stammende, höchstalemannisch sprechende Volksgruppen, die sich im 12. und 13. Jahrhundert im Zusammenhang mit der Siedlungs und Söldnerpolitik großer Feudalherren zunächst auf der Südflanke des Monte Rosa …

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  • 67Walser: Porträt eines unbequemen Schriftstellers —   Als »Chronist des Mittelstands« gilt der Schriftsteller Martin Walser, der in seinen Romanen die Schwächen seiner Helden ironisch einfühlsam schildert und dabei doch gnadenlos demaskiert. Großes Aufsehen erregte Walser zuletzt durch seine Rede …

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  • 68ardent — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, ablaze, acquiescent, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, agog, agreeable, alacritous, alcoholic, alight, amative, amatory, amenable, amorous, and, anxious, assiduous, athirst, avid, baking, blazing, blistering,… …

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  • 69atrophy — Synonyms and related words: Sanforizing, abnormality, abscess, acute disease, affection, affliction, ague, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, attenuation, backache, bacterial… …

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  • 70baking — Synonyms and related words: ardent, barbecuing, basting, blistering, boiling, braising, brewing, broil, broiling, burning, burning hot, canicular, catering, cookery, cooking, cuisine, culinary science, domestic science, ebullient, feverish, fiery …

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