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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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grate
...shreds by rubbing it on a grater: peel and roughly grate the carrots | [as adj.] (grated) grated cheese. 2. [intr.] make...something with such a sound: his helmet grated against the top of the door. ∎ have an irritating effect: he had a juvenile... |
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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 ... |
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CARROT TOP AMONG STATE FAIR VEGGIES.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
...entertaining pretty much describe Carrot Top, the comedian-turned-collect...all your props from gig to gig? Carrot Top: We do a semi and a bus. We're...recall the joke that bombed biggest? Carrot Top: Oh boy, pick one. I've ... |
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Carrot Top -- Always inventive comedian is beginning to get some respect --...
...recently took a poke at comedian Carrot Top. The Raggedy Ann-haired governor...pumped up, and keeps me pumped up." Carrot Top always has been a big cult draw who...Because he savors being an unknown, Carrot Top sees both ... |
 "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 ... |
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Carrot Top's act is still in top form
Carrot Top has been in show business for more than...I see you on TV all the time,' " Carrot Top said by phone from his home in Orlando...going through." While his plate is full, Carrot Top said he still has plans for his ... |
 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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CARROT TOP: HE'S ALWAYS OVER THE TOP.(TimeOut)
...a lot smarter, bigger,'" says Carrot Top. "Some people say I'm better...Winters to Steve Martin. But before Carrot Top no comic had ever actually created...getting his degree in marketing, Carrot Top worked as a courier for ... |
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Carrot Top sprouts new bunch of gags
Carrot Top 8 tonight Rialto Square Theatre, 102 N...grumbles from fellow comedians. Some of Carrot Top's colleagues, it seems, don't think...comedy. "You know, it's weird," Carrot Top says. "Some comics see something ... |
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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 ... |
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Carrot top o' the morning. (Advanced Nutrition).
...nothing wrong with your philosophy of using carrot juice as one tool in the fight against...problem, albeit not a severe one, is that carrot juice is surprisingly high in sugar...can get all the antioxidant benefits of carrot juice without the sugary drawbacks by eating ... |
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Carrot Top Rocks Las Vegas.(Video Recording Review)
Carrot Top Rocks Las Vegas Available now Delta, Comedy/Performance, $9.99 DVD, NR. Stars Carrot Top. Just as Gallagher abuses his watermelons...Chris Rock champions sociopolitical humor, Carrot Top has that defining schtick ... |
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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 ... |
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