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(alternative forms: amakwerekwere and kwerekwere)
A term used by black people to refer to foreign Africans.
A term used by black people to refer to foreign Africans.
by CToad7 ALT March 16, 2023
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Tending to do things that help your city or town and the people who live there.
Tending to do things that help your city or town and the people who live there.
by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023
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(alternative form: carboxymethyl cellulose)
A cellulose derivative with carboxymethyl groups bound to some of the hydroxyl groups of the glucopyranose monomers that make up the cellulose backbone. It is often used as its sodium salt, sodium carboxymethylcellulose. It used to be marketed under the name Tylose, a registered trademark of SE Tylose.
(alternative form: carboxymethyl cellulose)
A cellulose derivative with carboxymethyl groups bound to some of the hydroxyl groups of the glucopyranose monomers that make up the cellulose backbone. It is often used as its sodium salt, sodium carboxymethylcellulose. It used to be marketed under the name Tylose, a registered trademark of SE Tylose.
by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023
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Another name for a contract implied in law, which acts as a remedy for a dispute between two parties that don't have a contract. A quasi-contract is a legal obligation—not a traditional contract—which is decided by a judge for one party to compensate the other. Thus, a quasi-contract is a retroactive judgment to correct a circumstance in which one party acquires something at the expense of the other.
Another name for a contract implied in law, which acts as a remedy for a dispute between two parties that don't have a contract. A quasi-contract is a legal obligation—not a traditional contract—which is decided by a judge for one party to compensate the other. Thus, a quasi-contract is a retroactive judgment to correct a circumstance in which one party acquires something at the expense of the other.
by CToad7 ALT March 17, 2023
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An optical device, consisting of one or more slits, that selects a narrow band of wavelengths from a broader spectrum.
An optical device, consisting of one or more slits, that selects a narrow band of wavelengths from a broader spectrum.
by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023
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by CToad7 ALT March 14, 2023
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An abnormally large bone marrow cell, with a lobulated nucleus, that produces platelets through the fragmentation of its cytoplasm.
An abnormally large bone marrow cell, with a lobulated nucleus, that produces platelets through the fragmentation of its cytoplasm.
by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023
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