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  • 21To be under a cloud — Cloud Cloud (kloud), n. [Prob. fr. AS. cl[=u]d a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.] 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the… …

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  • 22ominous — adjective Date: 1580 being or exhibiting an omen ; portentous; especially foreboding or foreshadowing evil ; inauspicious • ominously adverb • ominousness noun Synonyms: ominous, portentous, fateful mean havi …

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  • 23cloud — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, rock, cloud, from Old English clūd; perhaps akin to Greek gloutos buttock Date: 14th century 1. a visible mass of particles of condensed vapor (as water or ice) suspended in the… …

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  • 24scowl — I. verb Etymology: Middle English skoulen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish skule to scowl Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure 2. to exhibit a threatening aspect transitive… …

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  • 25Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke — PC (December 1, 1690 – March 6, 1764), English Lord Chancellor, son of Philip Yorke, a barrister, was born at Dover.BackgroundThrough his mother, Elizabeth, daughter and co heiress of Richard Gibbon of Rolvenden, Kent, he was connected with the… …

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  • 26Satin Bowerbird — Taxobox name = Satin Bowerbird status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 250px image caption = male regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Ptilonorhynchidae genus = Ptilonorhynchus genus… …

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  • 27Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch — Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch GCMG, KCB (23 May 1827 ndash; 20 June 1900) was a Scottish soldier and colonial administrator.Military serviceHe was the son of James Loch, Member of Parliament, of Drylaw, Midlothian. He entered the Royal Navy …

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  • 28Stand (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) — A stand (スタンド sutando ) is a supernatural power in the manga and anime JoJo s Bizarre Adventure. When first presented, the kanji used is 幽波紋 yuuhamon with スタンド over it; it means ghostly ripple and it is similar to ripple of the first two Parts.… …

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  • 29Ebenezer Baldwin — Chaplain Ebenezer Baldwin (July 3, 1745 October 1, 1776) was a noted religious leader in Connecticut in the years preceding the American Revolution. He was the eldest son of Captain Ebenezer Baldwin of Norwich, Connecticut; and grandson of Thomas …

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  • 30Michael Levadoux — (born at Clermont Ferrand, in Auvergne, France, 1 April 1746; died at Le Puy en Velay, 13 January 1815) was a French Sulpician, one of those who went to the United States and founded St. Mary s Seminary in Baltimore, in the aftermath of the… …

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