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  • 21Imbibition — Im bi*bi tion, n. [Cf. F. imbibition.] The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post mortem imbibition of poisons. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 22Spongy — Spon gy (sp[u^]n j[y^]), a. 1. Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones. [1913 Webster] 2. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy. Spongy April.… …

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  • 23Spongy lead — Spongy Spon gy (sp[u^]n j[y^]), a. 1. Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones. [1913 Webster] 2. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy. Spongy… …

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  • 24Spongy platinum — Spongy Spon gy (sp[u^]n j[y^]), a. 1. Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones. [1913 Webster] 2. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy. Spongy… …

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  • 25imbibe — verb (imbibed; imbibing) Etymology: Middle English enbiben to absorb, cause to absorb, from Latin imbibere to drink in, absorb, from in + bibere to drink more at potable Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. archaic soak, steep 2 …

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  • 26imbibition — noun Date: 15th century the act or action of imbibing; especially the taking up of fluid by a colloidal system resulting in swelling • imbibitional adjective …

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  • 27Ayahuasca — This entry focuses on the Ayahuasca brew; for information on the vine of the same name, see Banisteriopsis caapi Ayahuasca cooking in the Napo region of Ecuador Ayahuasca (ayawaska pronounced [ajaˈwaska] in the Quechua language) is any of various …

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  • 28Bruces' Philosophers Song — (Bruces Song) was a popular Monty Python song written by Eric Idle, and was a feature of the group s stage appearances and its recordings. According to the sketch from Monty Python s Flying Circus, it was rendered by a number of Australian… …

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  • 29Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam — (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) The Rubáiyát (Arabic: رباعیات) is a collection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyám (1048 –… …

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  • 30Robert Louis Stevenson — Infobox Writer name = Robert Louis Stevenson imagesize = 200px caption = Portrait by Girolamo Nerli, 1892 pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|df=yes|1850|11|13 birthplace = Edinburgh, Scotland deathdate = death date and… …

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