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Queen Annes lace
Queen Anne's lace or wild carrot, herb ( Daucus carota ) of the family Umbelliferae ( carrot family), native to the Old World but naturalized and often weedy throughout North America. Similar in appearance to the cultivated carrot (which is believed to have been derived from this plant), it... Read more |
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top
top toy with a tapering point on which it can be made to spin. Tops were known in antiquity and appeared in Europe during the Middle Ages; they are used today in many different regions of the world by both primitive and advanced societies. The principle of its motion is utilized in the gyroscope .... Read more |
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water table
water table the top zone of soil and rock in which all voids are saturated with water. The level of the water table varies with topography and climate.... Read more |
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garland
garland. 1. A collar of rope round a mast to support the standing rigging and prevent it from chafing the mast. In the earliest days of sail, when ships only had single pole masts, the tops were circular or semicircular platforms built round the masts, and that part of the pole mast above the top... Read more |
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ZZ Top
ZZ TOP Formed: 1970, Houston, Texas Members: William F. Gibbons, guitar, vocals (born Houston, Texas, 12 December 1949); Joe Michael (Dusty) Hill, bass, vocals (born, Dallas, Texas, 15 May 1949); Frank Beard, percussion (born Frankston, Texas, 11 June 1949). Genre: Rock, Blues Best-selling... Read more |
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John Gerard Braine
John Gerard Braine 1922-86, English novelist, b. Bradford, Yorkshire. With his first novel, Room at the Top (1957), Braine established himself as one of England's angry young men . This novel bitterly chronicles the rise of a young working-class man into the upper middle class of an English... Read more |
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mescaline
mescaline Psychedelic drug obtained from the dried tops of the peyote cactus, Lophophora williamsii. In North America, mescaline is used in some Native American religious rites.... Read more |
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Kebnekaise
Kebnekaise [Lappish,=kettle top], mountain peak, 6,965 ft (2,123 m) high, Norrbotten prov., N Sweden; highest in Sweden. There are 16 small glaciers on the slopes.... Read more |
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sternum
sternum (breastbone) Flat, narrow bone extending from the base of the front of the neck to just below the diaphragm in the centre of the chest. The top attaches by ligaments to the collarbones and the centre part joins to the ribs by seven pairs of costal cartilages.... Read more |
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butte
butte an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top, resulting from the more rapid erosion of the surrounding areas. Buttes are characteristic of the plains of the W United States. See mesa .... Read more |
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top
top • noun 1. the top of the cliff synonyms: summit...antonyms: bottom, base. 2. the top of the table synonyms: upper...surface, upper layer. 3. the carrots' green tops synonyms: leaves, shoots...antonyms: root, tuber. 4. the top of the coffee jar synonyms... |
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Keep pests off carrots; Top Tip.(Features)
...grow a hedge of lavender around your carrot patch, which will not only look attractive...go some way to disguising the smell of carrot leaves which are a magnet for the destructive carrot fly. Alternatively, make a 30cm (12in...horticultural fleece around the bed of carrots to keep these ... |
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Oranges, carrots top healthy shopping list.
...vegetables are good for you, but which ones top U.S. shopping lists? According to...these vegetables for beta-carotene: Carrots 48% Broccoli 8% Squash 5% Percentage...for cancer prevention: Broccoli 27% Carrots 15% Cabbage 10% Cauliflower 9% Spinach... |
 "The Herald News - Joliet (IL)")
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Love him or hate him, Carrot Top's one of a kind
...to wire it up, it works great." Carrot Top builds props almost every day. While...she looked like." Amped-up self Carrot Top views his performance as a combination...year contract with the Luxor, Carrot Top says he'd welcome the opportunity... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Skewered Carrot Top
...County, NJ) 10-15-2004 Skewered Carrot Top -- His popularity mystifies criticsBy...kicker is that Dangerfield championed Carrot Top. "God bless Rodney," Thompson...goes, Thompson accepts that his Carrot Top shtick isn't going to be loved... |
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Carrot Top bowing out
...potatoes knew they could find them at Carrot Top. Since 1976, the Glenview produce...everybody." Customers grieving News of Carrot Top's demise has devastated long...then, there wasn't anything like Carrot Top around. "We were a farmers... |
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CARROT TOP SAYS HE WILL PRODUCE AS RENOVATED THEATER'S OPENER
...downtown theater isn't funny to Carrot Top. To him, it's an honor. The...touches on the renovation work. Carrot Top's high-energy, visual comedy...hate to poke back at that guy," Carrot Top said by telephone from his home... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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Carrot Top's got comedic chops.(Capital Region)
...FROMMA Staff Writer Some would say Carrot Top is like the itch you can't quite...the latter perhaps have a point. Carrot Top is a prop comic deserving of...of the craft by the comic purist, Carrot Top (born Scott Thompson) proves... |
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CARROT TOP CRITIC RECONSIDERS
...Orchestra has changed his tune about Carrot Top. When the manic comedian with the...criticized the decision and referred to Carrot Top as "declasse."The 30-year...undergone a $19 million restoration. Carrot Top explained that his stage act... |
 "The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)")
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Carrot Top comes to Aurora
Award-winning comedian Carrot Top is hauling his red head full of wit to Aurora for...delivery, laser lights and rock 'n' roll music, Carrot Top's shows are unlike any other.Carrot Top's performances combine a stage covered with... |
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CARROT TOP TO BRING WACKY HUMOR TO RIALTO
...present the loopy prop comedy of Carrot Top at 8 p.m. Friday. All tickets...His millions of fans just call him Carrot Top. From the fire-red curls that...inventions keep flowing. The future for Carrot Top seems as bright as his riotous... |
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