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Bunch Bunch
Bunch a cluster or tuft, properly of things of one type growing or fastened together; a group of things or animals of the same type gathered close together. See also bundle, nosegay. Examples: bunch of bananas; of cards, 1563; of cattle, 1884; of charity, 1633; of cherubs, 1832; of ducks [up to... Read more
crocket crocket
crocket. 1. Gothic ornament, generally a bud, flower, leaf, or bunch of foliage, placed at regular intervals on the external edges of canopies, gables, gablets, hood-moulds, pinnacles, spires, etc. The largest bunches at the top, standing on an upright stem (finial), are properly called crops.2.... Read more
Spinning Wheel Spinning Wheel
Spinning Wheel Background A spinning wheel is a machine used to turn fiber into thread or yarn. This thread or yarn is then woven as cloth on a loom. The spinning wheel's essential function is to combine and twist fibers together to form thread or yarn and then gather the... Read more
Hans Hartung Hans Hartung
Hans Hartung , 1904-89, French painter, b. Germany. Hartung rejected the early influence of German expressionism and developed an entirely abstract style in which a strong linear element creates a rhythmic unity. In his works black lines are grouped together in bunches on a luminescent background.... Read more
Ralph Johnson Bunche Ralph Johnson Bunche
Ralph Johnson Bunche , 1904-71, U.S. government official and UN diplomat, b. Detroit, Ph.D., Harvard, 1934. He taught political science at Howard Univ. (1928-40). In government service after 1941, he worked under the joint chiefs of staff and was a chief research analyst in the Office of Strategic... Read more
sign stimulus sign stimulus
sign stimulus (releaser) The essential feature of a stimulus, which is necessary to elicit a response. For example, a red belly (characteristic of courting male sticklebacks) is the sign stimulus necessary to provoke an attack from a rival male; even a very crude model fish is attacked if it has a... Read more
Redshift Redshift
Redshift In astronomy, when matter moves away from an observation point, its light spectrum displays a redshift. A redshift is one type of Doppler effect. Named for Austrian physicist Christian Johann Doppler (1803–1853), this principle states that if a light (or sound) source is moving away... Read more
plantar plantar
plantar (plan-ter) adj. relating to the sole of the foot (planta). p. arch the arch in the sole of the foot formed by anastomosing branches of the plantar arteries. p. fasciitis (policeman's heel) inflammation of the point of attachment of the fascia in the sole of the foot to the calcaneus,... Read more
Count Folke Bernadotte Count Folke Bernadotte
Count Folke Bernadotte , 1895-1948, Swedish internationalist; nephew of King Gustavus V. He was active in the Swedish Red Cross and became its president in 1946. Early in 1945 he arranged the evacuation of Danish and Norwegian prisoners from German concentration camps and conveyed a peace offer from... Read more
respiratory system respiratory system
respiratory system System in air-breathing animals concerned with gas exchange. The respiratory tract begins with the nose and mouth, through which air enters the body. Air then passes through the larynx and into the trachea. At its lower end, the trachea branches into two bronchi, each bronchus... Read more

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'DISH' WILL MAKE AUDIENCES BEAM.(L.A. Life) (movie review)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) ...celebrates and parodies rural Aussies' lack of sophistication...in the company of a bunch of daft loons for the...calling, asking the Aussies to partner with its...dish is located on a sheep farm, it's not surprising...Neill) and includes temperamental technician Mitch (Kevin...

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