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NILE
Nile, Nile River
(noun) the world’s longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world’s first great civilization
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Nile, n. Etym: [L. Nilus, gr.
Definition: The great river of Egypt. Nile bird. (Zoöl.) (a) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The crocodile bird.
– Nile goose (Zoöl.), the Egyptian goose. See Note under Goose, 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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