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Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition. Pacific Ocean, the ocean between America and Asia, so called

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Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition. Pacific Ocean, the ocean between America and Asia, so called by Magellan, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; -- called also, simply, the Pacific, and, formerly, the South sea. Syn. -- Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle.

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• CALLOW
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• CHARACTERISTIC
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• CALLE
  A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
• CHARACTER
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  The process of Americanizing.
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• PACIFICATORY
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• CONDITIONALITY
  The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
• PEACEBREAKER
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• CONCILIATORY
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• WORDSMAN
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• CHARACTERISM
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• CALL
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• AMERICANISM
  1. Attachment to the United States. 2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. 3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
• GYMNASTICALLY
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• HYPERCRITICALLY
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• SCALLION
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• PARABOLICALLY
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