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Hiccups Hiccups
Hiccups Definition Hiccups are the result of an involuntary, spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm followed by the closing of the throat. Description Virtually everyone experiences hiccups, but they rarely last long or require a doctor's care. Occasionally, a bout of hiccups will last longer... Read more
Valois (French royals) Valois (French royals)
Valois , royal house of France that ruled from 1328 to 1589. At the death of Charles IV, the last of the direct Capetians , the Valois dynasty came to the throne in the person of Philip VI , son of Charles of Valois and grandson of Philip III. The direct Valois line ended (1498) with Charles... Read more
Canids Canids
Canidae (dogs; order Carnivora, superfamily Canoidea) A family of carnivores, apparently descended from ancestral forms that appeared before the end of the Eocene, that comprises several extinct genera and all extant dogs, jackals, and foxes. They are long-legged and digitigrade, with the pollex and... Read more
chalice chalice
chalice [Lat.,=cup], ancient name for a drinking cup, retained for the eucharistic or communion cup. Its use commemorates the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Celebrated examples are the Great Chalice of Antioch (Syriac), of embossed silver, excavated there in 1910 and attributed to the 1st... Read more
Last Supper Last Supper
Last Supper in the New Testament, meal taken by Jesus and his disciples on the eve of the passion. Jesus broke bread and passed a cup of wine among the disciples, identifying himself with the bread and the wine and linking the meal to his impending death on the cross. The meal was an anticipation... Read more
Oxford Parliament Oxford Parliament
Oxford Parliament, 1681. The Oxford Parliament was the denouement of the great Exclusion crisis and established Charles II's supremacy for the last four years of his reign. The Shaftesbury Whigs who opposed him had won three general elections between 1679 and 1681. In April 1681 Charles summoned a... Read more
Sauropterygians Sauropterygians
Nothosauria (nothosaurs; subclass Archosauria, order Sauropterygia) A suborder of marine reptiles that flourished during the Triassic. They possessed long necks and their limbs were adapted to swimming. Nothosaurus is one of several genera and one of the species referred to it was the last of the... Read more
imam imam
imam [Arab.,=leader], in Islam, a recognized leader or a religious teacher. Among the Sunni the term refers to the leader in the Friday prayer at the mosque; any pious Muslim may function as imam. The term has also been used as a synonym for caliph (see caliphate ), the vicegerent of God. The ... Read more
Ursidae Ursidae
Ursidae (bears; suborder Fissipedia (or Caniformia), superfamily Canoidea) A family of large, slow-moving mammals whose ancestors were the last group of canoids to diverge from the ancestral ‘dog’ line, some time during the Miocene and probably soon after that line became established.... Read more
crony crony
crony a close friend or companion. Recorded from the mid 17th century (originally as Cambridge university slang) the word comes from Greek khronios ‘long-lasting’ (here used to mean ‘contemporary’), from khronos ‘time’.The word gained a high profile in the... Read more

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