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Anadyr

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A river in Siberia, which flows into Behring Sea.

St. Agathe

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A Sicilian virgin who suffered martyrdom at Palermo under Decius in 251; represented in art as crowned with a long veil and bearing a pair of shears, the instruments with which her breast were cut ...

Lake of Albano

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A small crater-like lake 15 m. SE. of Rome, near which rises the Castel Gandolfo, where the Pope has a villa.

Acne

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A skin disease showing hard reddish pimples; Acne rosacea, a congestion of the skin of the nose and parts adjoining.

Ambleside

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A small market-town near the head of Lake Windermere, in the Wordsworth or so-called Lake District.

Abernethy

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A small burgh in S. Perthshire, with a Pictish round tower, and once the capital of the Pictish kingdom.

Sir Andrew Ague-cheek

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A silly squire in "Twelfth Night."

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