| megapode | (noun) large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs | Synonyms: mound-bird, mound bird, mound builder, scrub fowl |
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| melanoderma | (noun) abnormally dark skin caused by increased deposits of melatonin | - |
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| mesoderm | (noun) the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue | Synonyms: mesoblast |
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| mesodermal | (adjective) relating to or derived from the mesoderm | Synonyms: mesoblastic |
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| microcode | (noun) (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory | Synonyms: firmware |
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| microdevice | (noun) any very small device manufactured using microfabrication. | - |
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| mode | (noun) how something is done or how it happens | Synonyms: fashion, manner, style, way |
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| (noun) the most frequent value of a random variable | Synonyms: modal value |
| (noun) any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave | Synonyms: musical mode |
| (noun) a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | Synonyms: modality |
| (noun) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker | Synonyms: modality, mood |
| (noun) a particular functioning condition or arrangement | - |
| model | (adjective) worthy of imitation | Synonyms: exemplary |
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| (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: modeling, modelling |
| (noun) representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: simulation |
| (noun) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | Synonyms: framework, theoretical account |
| (noun) something to be imitated | Synonyms: example, exemplar, good example |
| (noun) a representative form or pattern | Synonyms: example |
| (noun) a type of product | - |
| (noun) a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor | Synonyms: poser |
| (noun) someone worthy of imitation | Synonyms: role model |
| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin |
| (verb) form in clay, wax, etc | Synonyms: mold, mould |
| (verb) construct a model in the likeness of | Synonyms: mock up |
| (verb) plan or create according to a model or models | Synonyms: pattern |
| (verb) create a representation or simulation of | Synonyms: simulate |
| (verb) display (clothes) as a mannequin | - |
| (verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: pose, posture, sit |
| modeled | (adjective) resembling sculpture | Synonyms: modelled, sculptural, sculptured, sculpturesque |
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| modeler | (noun) a person who creates models | Synonyms: modeller |
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| modeling | (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: model, modelling |
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| (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modelling, molding, moulding |
| (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modelling, mold, molding, mould, moulding |
| modelled | (adjective) resembling sculpture | Synonyms: modeled, sculptural, sculptured, sculpturesque |
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| modeller | (noun) a person who creates models | Synonyms: modeler |
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| modelling | (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: model, modeling |
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| (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modeling, molding, moulding |
| (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, mold, molding, mould, moulding |
| modem | (noun) (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line | - |
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| moderate | (adjective) being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme | - |
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| (adjective) not extreme | Synonyms: temperate |
| (adjective) marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes | Synonyms: restrained |
| (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: centrist, middle of the roader, moderationist |
| (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: mollify, season, temper |
| (verb) make less fast or intense | - |
| (verb) preside over | Synonyms: chair, lead |
| (verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: tame, tone down |
| (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: mince, soften |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in |
| moderately | (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: fairly, jolly, middling, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat |
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| (adverb) with moderation; in a moderate manner | - |
| moderateness | (noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | Synonyms: moderation |
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| (noun) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures | Synonyms: modestness, reasonableness |
| moderating | (adjective) lessening in intensity or strength | - |
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| moderation | (noun) the action of lessening in severity or intensity | Synonyms: mitigation |
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| (noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | Synonyms: moderateness |
| (noun) the trait of avoiding excesses | Synonyms: temperance |
| (noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: easing, relief |
| moderationism | (noun) the policy of being moderate or acting with moderation | - |
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| moderationist | (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: centrist, middle of the roader, moderate |
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| (noun) a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer) | - |
| moderatism | (noun) a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action | Synonyms: centrism |
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| moderato | (adjective) (of tempo) moderate | - |
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| moderator | (noun) someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence | - |
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| (noun) someone who presides over a forum or debate | - |
| (noun) in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly | - |
| (noun) any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors | - |
| moderatorship | (noun) the position of moderator | - |
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| modern | (adjective) belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages | - |
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| (adjective) relating to a recently developed fashion or style | Synonyms: mod, modernistic |
| (adjective) characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture | - |
| (adjective) ahead of the times | Synonyms: advanced, forward-looking, innovative |
| (noun) a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes | Synonyms: Bodoni, Bodoni font, modern font |
| (noun) a contemporary person | - |
| moderne | (adjective) of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes | - |
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| modernisation | (noun) making modern in appearance or behavior | Synonyms: modernization |
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| modernise | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernize, overhaul |
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| (verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernize |
| modernised | (adjective) brought up to date | Synonyms: modernized |
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| modernism | (noun) practices typical of contemporary life or thought | - |
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| (noun) genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres | - |
| (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernity, modernness |
| modernist | (noun) an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles | - |
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| modernistic | (adjective) relating to a recently developed fashion or style | Synonyms: mod, modern |
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| modernity | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernism, modernness |
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| modernization | (noun) making modern in appearance or behavior | Synonyms: modernisation |
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| (noun) a modernized version (as of a play) | - |
| modernize | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernise, overhaul |
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| (verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernise |
| modernized | (adjective) brought up to date | Synonyms: modernised |
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| modernness | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernism, modernity |
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| modest | (adjective) not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance | - |
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| (adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself | - |
| (adjective) humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness | Synonyms: meek, mild |
| (adjective) low or inferior in station or quality | Synonyms: humble, low, lowly, small |
| (adjective) relatively moderate, limited, or small | Synonyms: minor, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small-scale, small |
| (adjective) not large but sufficient in size or amount | Synonyms: small |
| (adjective) free from pomp or affectation | - |
| modestly | (adverb) with modesty; in a modest manner | - |
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| modestness | (noun) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures | Synonyms: moderateness, reasonableness |
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| (noun) freedom from vanity or conceit | Synonyms: modesty |
| modesty | (noun) freedom from vanity or conceit | Synonyms: modestness |
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| (noun) formality and propriety of manner | Synonyms: reserve |
| nematode | (noun) unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Synonyms: nematode worm, roundworm |
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| neurodermatitis | (noun) dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of the ankle) itch persistently; cause is unknown | - |
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| nickelodeon | (noun) a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin | Synonyms: jukebox |
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| node | (noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network | Synonyms: client, guest |
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| (noun) any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part | - |
| (noun) the source of lymph and lymphocytes | Synonyms: lymph gland, lymph node |
| (noun) (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane | - |
| (noun) (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system | - |
| (noun) (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge | Synonyms: leaf node |
| (noun) any thickened enlargement | Synonyms: knob, thickening |
| (noun) a connecting point at which several lines come together | - |
| nonmodern | (adjective) not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time | - |
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| ode | (noun) a lyric poem with complex stanza forms | - |
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| oligodendria | (noun) tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers | Synonyms: oligodendroglia |
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| oligodendrocyte | (noun) a cell of the oligodendroglia | - |
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| oligodendroglia | (noun) tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers | Synonyms: oligodendria |
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| ostracoderm | (noun) extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic | - |
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| outmode | (verb) make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete | - |
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| outmoded | (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, passe, passee |
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| overmodest | (adjective) affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way | Synonyms: coy, demure |
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| palaeodendrology | (noun) the branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees | Synonyms: paleodendrology |
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| paleodendrology | (noun) the branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees | Synonyms: palaeodendrology |
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| pentode | (noun) a thermionic tube having five electrodes | - |
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| philodendron | (noun) often grown as a houseplant | - |
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| photocathode | (noun) a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated | - |
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| phyllode | (noun) an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade | - |
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| pistillode | (noun) a sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower | - |
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| placoderm | (noun) fish-like vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws | - |
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| podetium | (noun) an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne | - |
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| postcode | (noun) a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail | Synonyms: postal code, ZIP, ZIP code |
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| postmodern | (adjective) of or relating to postmodernism | Synonyms: postmodernist |
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| postmodernism | (noun) genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism | - |
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| postmodernist | (adjective) of or relating to postmodernism | Synonyms: postmodern |
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| pureblooded | (adjective) having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal | Synonyms: pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood, thoroughbred |
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| recode | (verb) put into a different code; rearrange mentally | - |
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| remodel | (verb) do over, as of (part of) a house | Synonyms: reconstruct, redo |
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| (verb) cast or model anew | Synonyms: recast, reforge |
| rhododendron | (noun) any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers | - |
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| rodent | (noun) relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing | Synonyms: gnawer |
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| rodeo | (noun) an exhibition of cowboy skills | - |
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| (noun) an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up | - |
| scleroderma | (noun) an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin | Synonyms: dermatosclerosis |
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| supermodel | (noun) a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity | - |
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| tetrode | (noun) a thermionic tube having four electrodes | - |
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| trematode | (noun) parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host | Synonyms: fluke, trematode worm |
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| trichodesmium | (noun) large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation | - |
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| triode | (noun) a thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes; fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible | - |
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| ultramodern | (adjective) extremely modern | - |
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| ultramodernity | (noun) The property of being extremely modern. | - |
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| unexploded | (adjective) still capable of exploding or being fired | Synonyms: undischarged |
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| unmoderated | (adjective) not made less extreme | - |
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| unmodernised | (adjective) not brought up to date | Synonyms: unmodernized |
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| unmodernized | (adjective) not brought up to date | Synonyms: unmodernised |
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| unwooded | (adjective) not wooded | Synonyms: treeless |
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| urodele | (noun) amphibians that resemble lizards | Synonyms: caudate |
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| wiesenboden | (noun) a dark meadow soil rich in organic material; developed through poor drainage in humid grassy or sedge regions | - |
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| wooded | (adjective) covered with growing trees and bushes etc | - |
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| wooden | (adjective) lacking ease or grace | - |
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| (adjective) made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood | - |
| woodenly | (adverb) without grace; rigidly | Synonyms: gracelessly, ungracefully, ungraciously |
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| woodenness | (noun) the quality of being wooden and awkward | - |
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| woodenware | (noun) ware for domestic use made of wood | - |
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| xeroderma | (noun) a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin | Synonyms: xerodermia |
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| xerodermia | (noun) a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin | Synonyms: xeroderma |
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| yodel | (noun) a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto | - |
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| (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: descant, warble |
| yodeling | (noun) singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto | - |
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| yodeller | (noun) a singer who changes register rapidly (popular in Swiss folk songs) | - |
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