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Vocabulary Building Blocks: (41 Down) lineage (NOUN) 1. Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline. Synonyms: ancestry, derivation, filiation. 2. The descendants of one individual. Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock. 3.
The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors.
Synonyms: descent, filiation, line of descent. 4. The number of lines in a piece
of printed material. Synonym: linage. 5. A rate of payment for written material
that is measured according to the number of lines submitted. Synonym: linage.
Derived from Old French, from Latin: linea line.
Did You Know? (53 Down) The city of Oslo serves as the
capital city of the country of Norway. It is also Norway's principal port,
largest city, and cultural city. Oslo is home to the Norwegian Nobel
Institute, which assists in the selection of the Nobel Peace Prize winners. The
prize ceremony is held at the University of Oslo with the king in attendance.
Oslo was also the site of the 1952 Winter Olympic Games.
EASY CROSSWORDS LINKS 001-100 AND EASY CROSSWORDS LINKS 101-200
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