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Kathy B. (United States of America)
Buckminster Fuller was a mathematician, poet, inventor, humanitarian, philosopher; an enigmatic thinker whose love for all mankind inspired a lifelong personal journey of creating concepts of engineering for higher livingry of all astronauts on Spaceship Earth. rn Mr. Fuller's personal nomenclature can be at times unique and complicated. This word list is an attempt to display into one location any and all words one may need clarification for. Please note many words he used are the creation/combination of his own mentioned nomenclature and therefore cannot be listed here. As my study of his works continues this list will expand and evolve. If you don't know who he is please introduce yourself via these links :rnrn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~rnhttp://www.bfi.org/ - BUCKMINSTER FULLER INSTITUTErnorrnhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller - WIKIPEDIArn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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  1. amorphous
    having no definite form or distinct shape
  2. benevolence
    disposition to do good
  3. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  4. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  5. colloidal
    of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid
  6. convergent
    tending to come together from different directions
  7. diametric
    characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
  8. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  9. emphatic
    spoken with particular stress
  10. entropy
    a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
  11. fundamental
    serving as an essential component
  12. incumbent
    necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
  13. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  14. preposterous
    inviting ridicule
  15. prevarication
    the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
  16. progenitor
    an ancestor in the direct line
  17. prognostication
    a sign of something about to happen
  18. propaganda
    information that is spread to promote some cause
  19. sovereign
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  20. superimposed
    placed on or over something else
  21. synergy
    the working together of two or more things to produce an effect
  22. translucent
    allowing light to pass through diffusely
  23. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  24. vouchsafe
    grant in a condescending manner
Created on Mon Oct 04 07:52:09 EDT 2010

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