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A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement
One who is wise, authoritative, or highly regarded
A plane curve everywhere equidistant from a given fixed point, the center
An eyeglass for one eye
The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail
What a Brit might call molasses
A device or structure for transporting persons or things
A vehicle consisting of a light frame mounted on two typically wire-spoked wheels one behind the other and powered by pedals
An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature
To extract and reuse
Either of two slender bones in humans known as the collarbone
The highest point; the culmination
An extended account in prose or verse of historical events
Any of the two chambers of the heart that receive blood from the atria
A public performance or display, especially one on a large or lavish scale
A container that holds items or matter
A two-wheeled motor vehicle resembling a heavy bicycle
A circle that passes through all the vertices of a given polygon
A case or box on a church altar containing the consecrated host and wine of the Eucharist
crypt or minute cul-de-sac or lacuna, such as the depression in the skin from which the hair emerges