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rand
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noun
the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
Rand
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noun
United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)
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noun
(= Witwatersrand)
a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
DES
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noun
(= diethylstilbestrol)
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
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noun
(= diethylstilbesterol)
synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy