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from The Century Dictionary.
- In petrography, in the quantitative system of classification of igneous rocks (see
rock ), containing or having the properties of the normative minerals, pyroxene, olivin, and akermanite.
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Examples
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They were lucky that this warehouse was so far away from anything but a few other businesses, there was no one here to call the polic-a.
Bedlam Boyz Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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They were lucky that this warehouse was so far away from anything but a few other businesses, there was no one here to call the polic-a.
Bedlam Boyz Guon, Ellen 1993
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You are forever bleating about how the polic persecute and hound people for detections.
Islam? Yes. Gay? Yes. British? No, Oh, OK then. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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The polic ecurrenly stop supicous vehicle operators as it now is, what's the differance here?
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It wasn't fun when local polic were sacked and cheap out of county agency workers employed instead - leading to an increase in crime.
The 'big society' is collapsing under its inherent absurdity | Catherine Bennett 2011
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Let's give the polic some leeway but Go on with other news.
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"He was a subject of some polic interest in the recent past," he said.
Arizona Rep. Giffords Shot in Tucson Neil King Jr. 2011
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Eric Soler of Hackensack, N.J., took offense when he tried to enter a bar in Hoboken recently with a fedora atop his head, only to be told there was a no-hat polic
Discovering Hats, a New Generation Brims With Anxiety Over Etiquette 2010
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Sure, Verizon and Google are very powerful companies but, last time I checked, they were not able to make national polic y-- at least not yet.
Larry Magid: Verizon & Google Proposal Is Just a Proposal Not (Yet) a Federal Law 2010
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At a cable industry conference, Mr. Genachowski said his recent decision to push a weightier regulatory framework toward broadband was a reaction to a recent federal appeals court decision that damaged "the legal foundation underneath" the commission's long-stated polic
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