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| solid |
any substance that is neither a liquid nor a gas. [1/14 definitions] |
| so-so |
neither very bad nor very good; passable; mediocre. [1/2 definitions] |
| states' rights |
in the United States, all rights and powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution nor denied by it to the states. |
| still1 |
neither moving nor making sound. [1/14 definitions] |
| stolid |
neither feeling nor showing much range of emotion; impassive. |
| third person |
in grammar, the category of pronouns, inflections, and the like that indicates one that is neither the speaker of a sentence nor one to whom the speaker is speaking, but rather, a person or thing that the speaker is speaking about. [1/3 definitions] |
| totalitarian |
designating a system of government in which power and authority are highly centralized and intrusive into the lives of private citizens, and in which neither opposing parties nor individual differences in opinion are allowed. [1/2 definitions] |
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