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| do's and don'ts |
actions or customs, collectively correct or appropriate and wrong or inappropriate, respectively. |
| haiku |
a Japanese verse form of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables respectively, or any poem written in this form. |
| meter-kilogram-second |
of, designating, or pertaining to the system of measurement in which the meter, kilogram, and second are the basic units of length, mass, and time, respectively. |
| severally |
variously; respectively. [1/2 definitions] |
| skate1 |
a shoe with either a blade or a set of small wheels attached to the sole, for use, respectively, on ice and on other hard surfaces; ice skate or roller skate. [1/2 definitions] |
| turmeric paper |
paper impregnated with turmeric, used to indicate the presence of alkalis or boric acid, which turn it brown or reddish brown, respectively. |
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