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1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. Synonyms: sec, second.

An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions). Synonyms: atomic number 16, sulfur, sulphur.

The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees. Synonyms: due south, south, southward.

A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm. Synonyms: mho, reciprocal ohm, siemens.

The 19th letter of the Roman alphabet.

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work. Synonyms: entropy, randomness.

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... upon the porch, laid a hand upon Jack's shoulder, and beamed down upon him with what would have passed easily for real affection while he announced that he was going to beg supper and a bed at the ranch, and wanted to know, as a solicitous after-thought, if Jack's mother had company, or anything ...

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... again, shook his head, and said meditatively: "No, no; such plans only disturb one's peace of mind. A ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... far as is consistent with the rightful action of the Federal Government, and of preserving the greatest attainable harmony between them. I will now only add an expression of my conviction—a conviction which every day's experience serves to confirm—that the political creed which inculcates the pursuit of those great objects as a paramount duty is the true faith, and one to which we are mainly indebted for the present success ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... Abhorson? What's the newes with you? Abh. Truly Sir, I would desire you to clap into your prayers: for looke you, ...

— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare

... pudding, residence even in a less salubrious quarter than Blackpool would have been amply justified, in view of the many charming effects—for the most part coldly sad and white—which the river offered, towards evening, from the window of his friend's dining-room. ...

— A Comedy of Masks - A Novel • Ernest Dowson and Arthur Moore

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