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  • 51Globe Theatre (Newcastle Street) — Infobox Theatre name = Globe Theatre caption = W. S. Penley in Charley s Aunt , the theatre s longest running production address = Newcastle Street (Aldwych) city = Westminster, London country = designation = Demolished latitude = 51.513056… …

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  • 52Rickets — A disease of infants and children that disturbs normal bone formation (ossification). Rickets is a failure to mineralize bone. This softens bone (producing osteomalacia) and permits marked bending and distortion of bones. Up through the first… …

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  • 53Mighty Man and Yukk — Mighty Man Yukk! is an animated series created by Ruby Spears Productions. It was aired as part of The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show. Contents 1 Plot 2 Episodes 3 Cast 4 External links …

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  • 54flimsy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sleazy, gossamer, fragile; tenuous, unsubstantial; feeble, weak. See weakness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of physical things ] Syn. slight, frail, weak, gauzy, sleazy, sheer, shoddy,… …

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  • 55shaky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trembling, wavering, unsteady; insecure, unstable. See agitation, oscillation, fear, uncertainty. Ant., steady, secure. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not firm] Syn. quivery, trembling, jellylike, all a …

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  • 56unstable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. irregular, fluctuating, unsteady; inconstant, vacillating, fickle, changeable, variable. See changeableness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having a high center of gravity] Syn. unsteady, wavering,… …

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  • 57weak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. feeble (see weakness); faulty, unsatisfactory; uncertain, unsure, irresolute; watery, diluted, attenuated; faint, soft. See imperfection, uncertainty, cowardice, changeableness, softness. II (Roget… …

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  • 58tumbledown — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dilapidated, decrepit, rickety; see old 2 , shaky 1 , unsteady 1 , worn 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. dilapidated, rickety, unstable, broken down, shaky, unsteady, ramshackle, *ready to collapse at the word boo,… …

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  • 59Weakness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Weakness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 weakness weakness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 debility debility atony relaxation languor enervation Sgm: N 1 impotence impotence &c. 158 Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 60rachitic — adjective affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets rickety limbs and joints a rachitic patient • Syn: ↑rickety • Similar to: ↑ill, ↑sick • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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