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- DictionaryCrotch·et·y/ˈkräCHədē/
adjective
- 1. irritable: "he was tired and crotchety"
15 hours ago · crotchet, crotchety from Old Norse krokr "hook" via Old French crochet. crouch from the same Norse root as "crochet" via French. cur kurra (="to growl") cut Possibly from North Germanic *kut-D dangle Probably from Scandinavian, related to Danish dangle, Swedish dangla (="to swing about") and Norwegian dangla dank
2 days ago · Occasionally a fetus dies in the uterus but fails to be expelled, a condition termed a missed abortion. Induced abortions may be performed for reasons that fall into four general categories: to preserve the life or physical or mental well-being of the mother; to prevent the completion of a pregnancy that has resulted from rape or incest; to ...
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3 days ago · Obesity, excessive accumulation of body fat, usually caused by the consumption of more calories than the body can use. The excess calories are then stored as fat, or adipose tissue. Overweight, if moderate, is not necessarily obesity, particularly in muscular or large-boned individuals.
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5 days ago · How to crochet for beginners. Why should I learn to Crochet? Crochet is a wonderful hobby which is great for relaxing and helps with improving metal health. After publishing many crochet tutorials on YouTube, I’ve had countless messages from people around the world telling me how much crochet has changed their lives. Is Crochet difficult to learn?
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3 days ago · democracy, literally, rule by the people. The term is derived from the Greek dēmokratia, which was coined from dēmos (“people”) and kratos (“rule”) in the middle of the 5th century bce to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens.
- Democracy is a system of government in which laws, policies, leadership, and major undertakings of a state or other polity are directly or indirect...
- Studies of contemporary nonliterate tribal societies and other evidence suggest that democracy, broadly speaking, was practiced within tribes of hu...
- States with democratic governments prevent rule by autocrats, guarantee fundamental individual rights, allow for a relatively high level of politic...
- The hallmark of democracy is that it permits citizens to participate in making laws and public policies by regularly choosing their leaders and by...
2 days ago · Drew Johnson, a candidate for the Republican nomination in Nevada’s Third Congressional District, is a perfect match for Trump’s thumbs up, both for what Johnson would bring to Capitol Hill ...
5 days ago · Carl remained calm. He knew that no matter how crotchety or antisocial, the people who lived in places like this were desperate for companionship, even the most perfunctory, though they couldn’t admit it. He smiled, “I’m not selling anyth…” The sneer somehow grew more contemptuous.
