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A jacket crown, also known as a dental crown or tooth crown, is a type of dental restoration which completely encircles a tooth or dental implant. It is typically bonded to the tooth using a dental cement. Jacket crowns are often used when a large cavity threatens the health of a tooth. They are typically made from materials such as porcelain or metal.

Rubia cordifolia, often known as common madder or Indian madder, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. It has been cultivated for a red pigment derived from roots.
Common names of this plant include manjistha in Sanskrit, Marathi, Kannada and Bengali, majith in Hindi and Gujarati, བཙོད་ in Tibetan, tamaralli in Telugu, manditti in Tamil.

A point after touchdown (PAT), also known as an extra point or conversion, is a scoring opportunity in American and Canadian football, following a touchdown. It allows the scoring team to earn one extra point by kicking the ball through the goalposts, or two points by taking the ball into the end zone again in a manner similar to a touchdown. The team is given one play to execute the PAT, beginning from the opponents two or three-yard line, depending on the league.

A try square is a woodworking or a metalworking tool used for marking and measuring a piece of work. It consists of two parts - a broad blade (ruler) and a stock (handle) that is fixed at a right angle to the blade. This tool is used to check the accuracy of right angles, to mark lines at right angles, and to test the straightness of edges or flatness of surfaces.

A moneylender is an individual or group who offers small personal loans at high rates of interest. This practice, also known as money lending, typically involves lending money to people who cannot obtain loans from formal financial institutions such as banks. Moneylenders can be legal and regulated entities or illegal and unregulated, sometimes associated with predatory lending practices or loan sharking.

Free thought is a philosophical viewpoint that asserts that opinions, beliefs, or conclusions should be formed on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism, and should not be influenced by authority, tradition, or any other dogmatic belief system. It emphasizes critical thinking, skepticism, and an open-minded approach to knowledge and understanding.

The Tower of Pharos is also known as the Lighthouse of Alexandria and was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was located on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt. Built in the 3rd century BC, it was the tallest man-made structure in the world for many centuries and served as a navigational aid for ships entering Alexandrias harbor.

Terre Adélie, also known as Adélie Land, is a part of Antarctica claimed by France. It was discovered in 1840 by the French explorer Jules Dumont dUrville, who named it after his wife, Adèle. The region covers about 430,000 square kilometers and although the claim is not universally recognized, it is administrated as an overseas territory of France.

ā′kwa-tint, n. a mode of etching on copper, by which imitations are produced of drawings in Indian ink, c.—also Aquatint′a.—v.t. and v.i. A′quatint, to engrave in aquatint. [It. acqua tinta—L. aqua, water, and tingĕre, tinctum, to wet, to colour.]

The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.

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