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  • 41action — /ˈækʃən / (say akshuhn) noun 1. the process or state of acting or of being active: *He never tired of watching these, whether they were in action or at rest. –xavier herbert, 1938. 2. something done; an act; deed: *Her eyes held his, as though… …

  • 42footwork — [foot′wʉrk΄] n. the act or manner of moving or using the feet, as in walking, boxing, dancing, etc …

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  • 43gait — [gāt] n. [ME gate, a going, gait, orig., path < ON gata, path between hedges, street, akin to Ger gasse, lane] 1. manner of moving on foot; way of walking or running 2. any of the various foot movements of a horse, as a trot, pace, canter, or… …

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  • 44regulator pin — noun : either of two short upright thin cylindrical pins that are fitted in a watch regulator bearing or banking the hairspring in such a manner that moving the regulator into a position in which the pins touch the hairspring closer to its center …

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  • 45laterigrade — I. ˈlad.ərəˌgrād adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary lateri + grade : running sidewise or characterized by such running laterigrade locomotion II. noun ( s) : a laterigrade animal (as a crab spider of …

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  • 46cir|cu|i|ty — «suhr KYOO uh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. circuitous quality. 2. a roundabout manner of moving or acting: »The correspondence must involve circuities (Thomas Jefferson) …

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  • 47gait — Manner of walking. antalgic g. a characteristic g. resulting from pain on weightbearing in which the stance phase of g. is shortened on the affected side. ataxic g. SYN: cerebellar g.. calcaneal g. a g. disturbance, characterized by walking on… …

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  • 48South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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  • 49analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… …

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  • 50literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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