a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
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RE: heroica puebla de zaragoza
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza is the formal name of the city known commonly as Puebla, which is located in central Mexico. It is the capital city of the state of Puebla, known for its historic architecture, food culture and traditional pottery. The title Heroica was bestowed upon the city in honor of a battle against the French in 1862, commonly referred to as the Battle of Puebla, that took place in the city and resulted in a Mexican victory. Zaragoza refers to Ignacio Zaragoza, the Mexican general who led the successful defense in that battle.
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RE: commodore perry
Commodore Perry refers to Matthew Calbraith Perry, a U.S. naval officer who is best known for leading two expeditions to Japan in the 1850s. These expeditions resulted in the 1854 Convention of Kanagawa, which opened Japanese ports to trade with the United States and ended Japans policy of isolation, marking a significant moment in Japanese history. Perrys role in navigating the U.Ss foreign diplomacy made him an important figure in 19th-century American history.
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RE: smell
To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by like or of.
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RE: Dogbane
Dogbane, dog-bane, dogs bane, and other variations, some of them regional and some transient, are names for certain plants that are reputed to kill or repel dogs; bane originally meant slayer, and was later applied to plants to indicate that they were poisonous to particular creatures.
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RE: miracle play
Mystery plays and miracle plays (they are distinguished as two different forms although the terms are often used interchangeably) are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe. Medieval mystery plays focused on the representation of Bible stories in churches as tableaux with accompanying antiphonal song. They told of subjects such as the Creation, Adam and Eve, the murder of Abel, and the Last Judgment. Often they were performed together in cycles which could last for days. The name derives from mystery used in its sense of miracle, but an occasionally quoted derivation is from ministerium, meaning craft, and so the mysteries or plays performed by the craft guilds.
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RE: Bank shot
A bank shot is a type of shot in basketball and other sports, where a player bounces the ball off a wall, backboard, or another object with the intention of making it into a goal or target. The term is most often used in basketball to refer to a shot that goes off the backboard before reaching the hoop.
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RE: fiddle with
To fiddle with something means to handle or manipulate it aimlessly, often in a restless or nervous manner, or to repeatedly make minor adjustments or alterations to it.
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RE: anticyclone
an-ti-sī′klōn, n. name given to the rotatory flow of air from an atmospheric area of high pressure.—adj. Anticyclon′ic. [Anti- and Cyclone.]
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RE: Smite
To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other weapon. Also, to beat or put to rout in battle; to destroy or overthrow by war.
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rattus rattus
common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide