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victualler
victualler, a merchant ship, during the days of sailing navies, taken up for naval use to carry victuals for a fleet when it was at sea for long periods. They were required because the ships had insufficient space on board to stow all the food needed. Once empty they were either sent home or broken... Read more |
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Royal jelly
Royal jelly Description Royal jelly, which is sometimes called bee's milk, is a thick creamy liquid secreted by special glands in young worker bees who serve as "nurses" to the hive. All bee larvae are fed a small amount of royal jelly mixed with honey for the first three days of their lives.... Read more |
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brownstone
brownstone red to brown variety of sandstone . Its unusual color is caused in some instances by the presence of red iron oxide which acts as a cement, binding the sand grains together. Vast thicknesses (up to 20,000 ft/6,096 m) of brownstone were deposited in the present-day Connecticut River... Read more |
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Andy Summers
The Police Rock band For the Record… From Clubs to Commercials Arrested International Charts Sirens of Success Fired up and Burned out Selected discography Sources An unmistakable influence on the music of the 1980s, The Police formed their unique pop rock style in the latter-punk era. Three... Read more |
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backstay
backstay, a part of the standing rigging of a sailing vessel to support the upper part of a mast from aft, while forestays support it from forward. In square-rigged sailing ships, backstays are taken from the heads of all the component mastheads of each mast, or the equivalent in pole-masted... Read more |
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sandgrouse
sandgrouse common name for pigeon-sized, seed-eating, terrestrial birds of the genera Pteroclida (approximately 14 species) and Syrrhaptes (2 species). They are birds of the Old World deserts and steppes, and are protectively colored and mottled to blend in with their backgrounds. Colors are... Read more |
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Propionic acid
METABOLISM CONCEPT The term metabolism refers to all of the chemical reactions by which complex molecules taken into an organism are broken down to produce energy and by which energy is used to build up complex molecules. All metabolic reactions fall into one of two general... Read more |
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Pompadour
Pompadour The pompadour, an elaborate hairstyle where long hair is swept up into a tall arrangement of curls or smooth waves on the top of the head, has been popular at many different times in history, mostly among women, though some men have worn pompadours too. During the early 1940s many... Read more |
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Battle of Dunbar
Dunbar, battle of, 1650. Dunbar was Cromwell's greatest victory, won against severe odds. After the execution of his father, Charles II's hopes rested with his supporters in Scotland, and he arrived there in July 1650. Cromwell followed him three weeks later, advancing up the east coast from... Read more |
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