's gravenhage means: the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justice
'tween decks means: in the space between decks, on a ship
1 chronicles means: the first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC
1 esdras means: an Apocryphal book consisting of a compilation from I Chronicles and II Chronicles and Ezra and Nehemiah
1 kings means: the first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel
1 maccabees means: an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus
1 samuel means: the first of two books in the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David
101st means: the ordinal number of one hundred one in counting order
11-plus means: (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school
12-tone music means: a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row)
andre malraux means: French novelist (1901-1976)
blade bit means: a drilling bit with cutting edges usually hardened against wear
calvin means: Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
calvin means: United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-)
cataloger means: a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system
detrain means: leave a train
gemination means: the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something
gemination means: the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
genus coronilla means: genus of Old World shrubs and herbs
invaluable means: having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
john barth means: United States novelist (born in 1930)
maneuverer means: a person skilled in maneuvering
moses means: (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai
moses means: United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961)
nehru means: Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule; was the first prime minister of the Republic of India from 1947 to 1964 (1889-1964)
night soil means: human excreta used as fertilizer
nonrepresentative means: not standing for something else
on-street means: at the sides of streets
repulse means: an instance of driving away or warding off
repulse means: force or drive back
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