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• Elderly
  ...; especially : being past [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_age middle age] '''Old age''' consists of ages nearing or surpassing the [[average]] life span of [[hu
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• Ageing
  ...to become old : show the [[effects]] or the characteristics of increasing age ...lowness or ripeness) by standing undisturbed for some time <letting cheese age>
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• Middle Ages
  ...e_Ages High], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages Late Middle Ages]. ...iscovered in Northern Italy in 1070 and became widely admired later in the Middle Ages. In the West, most kingdoms incorporated the few extant Roman institut
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• Baggage
  ...a._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''bagage'', from Middle French, from ''bagues'' belongings, baggage ...] of pulling things [[inherent]] in the verb lug combines with the suffix -age to create the word we know today.
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• Tremors
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''tremour'', from Anglo-French ''tremor'', from [[Latin]], from '' ...e but is most common in middle-age and older persons, typically around the age of 52–61. It may be occasional, temporary, or occur intermittently. Tremo
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• Infancy
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] enfaunt, from Anglo-French enfant, from [[Latin]] infant-, infans, *2: a [[person]] who is not of full age : minor
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• Modern
  ...torical [[timeline]] after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_ages Middle Ages]. Modern history can be further broken down into the [https://en.wikip ...ough the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Reason Age of Reason] and [[Age of Enlightenment]] in the 17th and 18th centuries, until the beginning of t
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• Renaissance
  ...ence Florence] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages Late Middle Ages] and later spreading to the rest of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eur ...viewed as a bridge between the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_era Modern era]. Althou
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• Prodigies
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] prodigium omen, monster, from pro-, prod- + -igium ...pke Saul Kripke] in [[philosophy]]. There is [[controversy]] as to at what age and [[standard]] to use in the definition of a prodigy.
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• Mongrel
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], probably from mong mixture, short for ymong, from [https://nordan ...pean colonialism since the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discovery Age of Discovery]. Historically the term has been used in the [[context]] of [[
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• Crag
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic Celtic] [[origin]]; akin ...iocene Miocene] strata to which these deposits belong, called, in order of age, the Coralline Crag, Red Crag, and Mammaliferous or Norwich Crag.
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• Secular
  ...aris, from saeculum the [[present]] world, from [[Latin]], [[generation]], age, century, world; akin to Welsh hoedl lifetime Secular derives from a [[Latin]] word meaning "of the age". The [[Christian]] [[doctrine]] that [[God]] exists outside [[time]] led m
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• Primary Corpus
  ...ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_human_prehistory#Middle_Paleolithic Middle Paleolithic Timeline]''''' ...eline_of_ancient_history#Bronze_Age_and_Early_Iron_Age Bronze & Early Iron Age Timeline]'''''
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• Ancient
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ancien, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar [[Latin]] anteanus, from La *3 : having the [[qualities]] of age or long [[existence]]
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• Minority
  ...ployed), "age minorities" (who are younger or older than a typical working age) and sexual minorities. ...e attempted to present themselves as an oppressed minority, such as white, middle-class heterosexual males.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_group]
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• Perjury
  Anglo-Norman ''parjurie'', ''perjurie'' (c1292 or earlier; compare Middle French ''parjurie'' (1530 in an apparently isolated attestation)) and its e ...[factor]] in determining the [[legal]] result, such as eligibility for old age [[retirement]] benefits.
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• Occident
  ...siderable decline, known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages], which include the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages Dark Ages ...Age]. The Arab importation of both the Ancient and new technology from the Middle East and the [[Orient]] to Renaissance Europe represented “one of the lar
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• Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
  ...Her books include [[The Middle Ground]], [[The Realms of Gold]], [[The Ice Age]], and A Writer’s Britain.
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• Retardation
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French or [[Latin]]; Anglo-French ''retarder'', from [ ...e diseases] like [[dementia]]. Intellectual disabilities may appear at any age. [[Developmental]] disability is any disability that is due to [[problems]]
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• Deafness
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''deef'', from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Eng Hearing loss is caused by many [[factors]], including: [[genetics]], age, [[exposure]] to [[noise]], illness, chemicals and physical [[trauma]]. Hea
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• Fetus
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]], act of bearing young, [[offspring]]; akin to Lati ...eginning at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestational_age gestational age] of eleven weeks, i.e. nine weeks after fertilization. In [[biological]] te
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• Cross
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._ ...ass in soccer played across the field from one side to the other or to the middle
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• Cauldron
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''caudron'', ''caldron'', from Anglo-French ''cauderon'', diminuti ...etel'' (German (Koch)Kessel "cauldron", Dutch ''(kook)ketel'' "cauldron"), Middle English ''chetel''. The word kettle comes from the Old Norse variant spelli
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• Chapter 8: Master Universe Magnitudes
  ...ng on each edge); and then, finally, float the cube of the big city in the middle of our moon. Now, go back and think about the tennis ball; it symbolizes th ...easuring distance some unit that takes in a lot of time. We might take the age of the Andronover nebula (about a trillion years) as such a useful time uni
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• Countenance
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] contenance, from Anglo-French cuntenance, contenance, from Medieva ...rences]] in human [[appearance]] are [[genetic]], others are the result of age or [[disease]], and many are the result of [[personal]] [[Dress|adornment]]
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• Distress
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''destresse'', from Anglo-French ''destresce'', from Vulgar Latin ...eers]] or co-workers, [[family]] and [[death]]. Other influences vary upon age. This means that distress is the [[opposite]] of eustress, a [[positive]] s
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• Debut
  French ''début'', from ''débuter'' to begin, from Middle French ''desbuter'' to [[play]] first, from ''des''- ''de''- + ''but'' star ...ady from an [[aristocratic]] or upper class [[family]] who has reached the age of [[maturity]] and, as a new adult, is introduced to [[society]] at a form
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• Scriptorium
  ...an one person".<ref>Geo. Haven Putnam, ''Books and their Makers During the Middle Ages'', (New York: Hillary House, 1962), 405 ...agne,'' trans. Gorman, pp. 20-55. Surveys regional scriptoria in the early Middle Ages.
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• Apprentice
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] aprentis, from Anglo-French apprentiz, from aprendre to [[learn]], ...baker and stationer. Apprentices usually began at ten to fifteen years of age, and would live in the master craftsman's household. Most apprentices [[asp
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• Examinations
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French examiner, from [[Latin]] examinare, from examen ...in [[structure]], [[content]] and difficulty depending on the subject, the age [[group]] of the tested persons and the [[profession]]. A person who passes
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• Margaret Drabble
  ...s Eye ( 1972 ), The Realms of Gold ( 1975 ), The Ice Age ( 1977 ), and The Middle Ground ( 1980 ). She produced a trilogy of novels—The Radiant Way ( 1987
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• Fidelity
  ...E_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fidelite, from Middle French & [[Latin]]; Middle French fidelité, from Latin fidelitat-, fidelitas, from fidelis [[faithful The computer age has spawned the term Wi-Fi in [[reference]] to certain [[groups]] of wirele
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• 122:10 Herod Acts
  ...pedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Innocents all boy babies under two years of age should be killed]. In this [[manner]] Herod hoped to make sure that this ch ...ipedia.org/wiki/6_BC 6 B.C.], when [[Jesus]] was a little over one year of age. But there were believers in the coming [[Messiah]] even among [https://en.
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• Lake
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._ ...terns]] left over from the last [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age Ice Age]. All lakes are [[temporary]] over [[geologic time scale]]s, as they will s
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• Lasciviousness
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Late Latin ''lasciviosus'', from [[Latin]] ''lascivia'' want ...of this crime are defined as Lewd & Lascivious acts with a child under the age of 18, though the extent of this crime covers forcible [[rape]] and penetra
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• Rally
  ...ple, typically [[students]] of middle school, high school, and [[college]] age, before a sports [[event]]. The [[purpose]] of such a gathering is to [[enc
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• Cradle
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] cradel, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Engli ...aveling with an infant, i.e. a child under the age of two. Rather than the age of the infant, the restricting criterion for the use of the bassinet is usu
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• 70:9 Human Rights
  ...ntieth-century [[civilization]], but simply because the [[society]] of the age, the [[mores]], thus [[decrees]]. ...[[recognized]] in the European [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages]; then every man belonged to someone else, and rights were only [[priv
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• Menopause
  ...me], cancer of the reproductive organs) can go into menopause at a younger age than the normal timeframe. The functional disorders often significantly spe ...]. Menopause has a wide starting range, but can usually be expected in the age range of 42–58. An early menopause can be related to cigarette smoking, h
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• Carnal
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French ''carnel'', ''charn ...utside of [[marriage]], and sometimes refers to sex with someone under the age of consent. The phrase is often found in this sense in [[modern]] legal usa
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• Viking
  ...erce]]. The derived Old Norse masculine noun ''víkingr'' appears in Viking Age [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skaldic_poetry skaldic poetry] and on severa ...n of any [[negative]] connotation in the term before the end of the Viking Age. Regardless of its possible origins, the word was used to indicate an [[act
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• 61:2 The Recent Flood Stage-The Age of Advanced Mammals
  61:2.3 35,000,000 years ago marks the beginning of the age of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutheria placental-mammalian] world [[do 61:2.5 On [[land]] this was pre-eminently the age of mammalian renovation and expansion. Of the earlier and more [[primitive]
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• Vertigo
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''vertigin''-, ''vertigo'', from ''vertere'' to tu ...y be present in patients of all ages. The prevalence of vertigo rises with age and is about two to three times higher in [[women]] than in [[men]]. It acc
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• The Enlightenment
  The Age of '''Enlightenment''', or simply The Enlightenment, is a term used to desc ...ivalent of a term then in use by German writers, Zeitalter der Aufklärung (Age of the clarification), signifying generally the philosophical outlook of th
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• Cancer
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] (genitive ''Cancri''), literally, crab; akin to [[ ...in developed countries. Rates are increasing as more people live to an old age and as lifestyle changes occur in the developing world. The financial costs
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• Warrior
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] werreour, from Anglo-French *werreier, guerreier, from warreier, g ...warriors, for example in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Age Iron Age] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_tribe Germanic tribes] or the Medi
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• Suffrage
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin suffragium, from [[Latin]] Typically [[citizens]] become eligible to vote after reaching the age of legal adulthood. Most [[democracies]] no longer extend [[different]] vot
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• Change
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''changer'', from Latin ''cambiare'' to exchang ...in later imitators). By the late 20th century much [[business]] and [[New Age]] thought focused enthusiastically on [[transformation]] in [[management]],
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• Odor
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] odour, from Anglo-French odur, from [[Latin]] odor; akin to Latin ...] [[perceptions]], [[individual]] [[reactions]] are related to [[gender]], age, state of [[health]], and private affectations. Common odors that people ar
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• Hatred
  ...rg/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] enmite, from Anglo-French enemité, enemisté, from enemi enemy ...gion]], [[sexual]] orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, [[gender]] [[identity]], or political affiliation.[6]
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