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   banana republic
         n 1: a small country (especially in Central America) that is
               politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by
               foreign companies and depends on one export (such as
               bananas)

English Dictionary: bone marrow by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bone marrow
n
  1. the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
    Synonym(s): marrow, bone marrow
  2. very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones
    Synonym(s): marrow, bone marrow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
by memory
adv
  1. by committing to memory; "she knew the poem by heart"
    Synonym(s): by heart, by memory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Quaking bog}, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water
            that it shakes when trodden upon.
  
      {Quaking grass}. (Bot.)
      (a) One of several grasses of the genus {Briza}, having
            slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which
            quake and rattle in the wind. {Briza maxima} is the large
            quaking grass; {B. media} and {B. minor} are the smaller
            kinds.
      (b) Rattlesnake grass ({Glyceria Canadensis}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bemoaner \Be*moan"er\, n.
      One who bemoans.
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