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Blemishes

Blemish

Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything; that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation. He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. (Lev. Xiv. 10) The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. (Spectator)

Synonym: spot, speck, flaw, deformity, stain, defect, fault, taint, reproach, dishonor, imputation, disgrace.


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A Monkey's Uncle

... activity ever since. An amateur (I think) astronomer was studying these records and noticed that a period where almost none of these magnetic blemishes appeared on the face of the sun just happened to coincide with the dates of the Little Ice Age. It was too much coincidence to be coincidence. ...

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Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:58 pm
 
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HIV- its not nice

... and unexplained fatigue swollen lymph glands in the armpits, groin, or neck diarrhea that lasts for more than a week white spots or unusual blemishes on the tongue, in the mouth, or in the throat pneumonia red, brown, pink, or purplish blotches on or under the skin or inside the mouth, nose, ...

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The Fiber Disease

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Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:44 pm
 
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