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classical liberalism
political ideology favoring civil liberties with emphasis on economic freedom
electric vehicle
vehicle propelled by one or more electric motors
wind tunnel
tool used to study the effects of air moving past solid objects
belt conveyor
motorized conveying system using a сlosed-loop rubber band
Chekhov's gun
dramatic principle that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed
Japanese school uniform
school uniform used in Japan
beer garden
outdoor area in which beer, other drinks, and local food are served
cakewalk
thumb|George Walker (vaudeville)|George Walker, [[Aida Overton Walker, and Bert Williams link arms and dance the cakewalk in the first Broadway musical to be written and performed by African Americans, In Dahomey.]] thumbnail|right|Painting from 1913 thumbnail|right|1915 sheet music cover (late for cakewalk music): "Ebony Echoes: A Good Old-Fashioned Cake-Walk" by Dan Walker. New York, NY: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
bicycle chain
part of the drivetrain on a bike
wall bars
sport equipment
Flair bartending
juggling-type entertainment performed by bartenders
gyotaku
thumb|Gyotaku print of a fish is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing, where ink is applied to a fish which is then pressed onto paper, was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own.
heritability of IQ
percent of variation in IQ scores in a given population associated with genetic variation
Arabid race
historical term for a morphological subtype of the Caucasoid race
White House Christmas tree
Christmas tree inside the White House in Washington, DC, United States
Social hygiene movement
Public health movement
rhyming slang
any system of slang in which a word is replaced with a phrase that rhymes with it
anti-suffragism
alt=Anti-suffrage leaders, Mrs. George Phillips, Mrs. K.B. Lapham, Miss Burham, Mrs. Evertt P. Wheeler and Mrs. John A. Church at an anti-suffrage event on the Hudson River, May 30, 1913.|thumb|300x300px|US Anti-suffrage leaders, Mrs. George Phillips, Mrs. K.B. Lapham, Miss Burham, Mrs. Evertt P. Wheeler and Mrs. John A. Church at an anti-suffrage event on the Hudson River, May 30, 1913. Anti-suffragism was a political movement composed of both men and women that began in the late 19th century in order to campaign against women's suffrage in countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Un
spitball
thumb|Gaylord Perry threw the spitball during his career.
Gjirokastër alphabet
alphabet used for writing the Albanian language