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something of sentimental value

of or resembling a slug

The Victorian Age, also known as the Victorian Era, was the period of Queen Victorias reign in the United Kingdom, from June 1837 until her death in January 1901. It was a time of significant social, political, and economic change, marked by the industrial revolution, expansion of the British Empire, social reforms, and development in arts, science, and technology. This era is often associated with prudish, middle-class standards of social behavior and morality.

venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood

un-prof′i-ta-bl, adj. not profitable: bringing no profit: serving no purpose.—n. Unprof′itableness.—adv. Unprof′itably.—adjs. Unprof′ited, profitless; Unprof′iting, unprofitable.

Jack pine, Pinus banksiana, is an eastern North American pine. Its native range in Canada is east of the Rocky Mountains from Northwest Territories to Nova Scotia, and the north-central and northeast of the United States from Minnesota to Maine, with the southernmost part of the range just into northwest Indiana. In the far west of its range, Pinus banksiana hybridizes readily with the closely related lodgepole pine. Banksiana is after the English botanist Sir Joseph Banks.

Cyclopterus lumpus, commonly known as the lumpfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Cyclopteridae (lumpfishes). It is found in the cold waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Lumpfish are known for their body structure, which is large, round, and covered in bumpy tubercles instead of smooth scales. They have a small, round, sucker-like pelvic fin used to adhere to rocks and other substrates. Male lumpfish are characterized by their vibrant blue and purple coloration during the breeding season, while females usually have a duller, greenish-brown color.

destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy

Scalability is the capability of a system, network, process, or software to handle a growing amount of work or its potential to be enlarged in order to accommodate that growth. It refers to the ability of something to adapt and perform efficiently even as its size or volume increases. Scalability can also be related to the potential of a system to expand to accommodate increasing demand.

A flying target, usually a disc, made of a mixture of pitch and pulverized limestone rock, used as moving target in sport shooting.

In the United States Public Land Survey System, a baseline is the principal east-west line upon which all rectangular surveys in a defined area are based. The baseline meets its corresponding meridian at the point of origin, or initial point, for the land survey. For example, the baseline for Nebraska and Kansas is shared as the border for both states, at the 40th parallel north. More specifically a baseline may be the line that divides a survey township between north and south. Often, a baseline is marked by other features such as a road or boundary between counties.