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A Lecturer To Ponder Starters Missing Salt

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noun

• a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide

26%15 Caused by missing or partially missing X chromosome
noun

• a chromosomal disorder in females who have only one X chromosome; marked by dwarfism and heart abnormalities and underdeveloped sex organs

25%5 Approaches one bar, as missing all starters
adjective

• not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances

adverb

• near in time or place or relationship

• (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

adjective satellite

• being on the left side

• closely resembling the genuine article

• giving or spending with reluctance

• with or in a close or intimate relationship

• very close in resemblance

verb

• move towards

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