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  • 21plunging neckline — noun (C) a very low curve or V shape on the top edge of the front of a woman s dress …

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  • 22plunging joint — A slip joint which is a connection in the drive train, of variable length, which permits the drive shaft to change in effective length. The British term is sliding joint …

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  • 23plunging fire — noun : direct fire from a superior elevation resulting in the projectiles striking the target (as ground) at a high angle * * * Mil. artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or… …

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  • 24plunging rod — noun : plunge rod …

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  • 25HMS Hood (51) — HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, and considered the pride of the Royal Navy in the interwar period and during the early period of World War II. She was one of four Admiral class battlecruisers ordered in mid… …

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  • 26List of road accidents — records serious road accidents: those which took a high death toll, occurred in unusual circumstances, or hold some other historical significance. For crashes in which famous people died, please refer to List of people who died in road accidents …

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  • 27Neckline — The neckline is the top edge of a garment that surrounds the neck, especially from the front view. Neckline also refers to the overall line between all the layers of clothing and the neck and shoulders of a person, ignoring the unseen… …

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  • 28Breaking wave — In physics, a breaking wave is a wave whose amplitude reaches a critical level at which some process can suddenly start to occur that causes large amounts of wave energy to be dissipated. At this point, simple physical models describing the… …

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  • 29pelecaniform — [pel΄ ə kan′ə fôrm΄] adj. of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants * * * ▪ bird Introduction    any of the relatively large and… …

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  • 30dangling participle — Gram. a participle or participial phrase, often found at the beginning of a sentence, that appears from its position to modify an element of the sentence other than the one it was intended to modify, as plunging in Plunging hundreds of feet into… …

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