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In geo-football, if you run three plays from scrimmage for no gain, the usual prescription is to punt.

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  1. A narrow inlet walled in by steep cliffs. A strange wild land of stacks and skerries, of voes and geos, and of cliffs and caves. R. Tudor, The Orkneys and Shetlands.

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  • You gyrate in a circle, arms, torso, and head glued to your partner except for explosive jumps. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact
  • In geo-football, if you run three plays from scrimmage for no gain, the usual prescription is to punt. —  'Endangered American Dream'
  • Geothermal comes from the Greek word geo, meaning earth, and therme, meaning heat. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • In Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, the word geo translates to live on in English. —  Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
  • Same tie. —  The Hard War
 

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  1. North. Scots, also written geow, rarely geu, goe; from Icelandic gjā, a chasm or rift in fells or crags.
 

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