festive season. 1. I sometimes make rather humorous remarks during the continuance of the festive season. It was a squalid sight, though the festive season of the year and that glamourous air peculiar to Indiana brooded it. New year of 1842 found him at home in Nauvoo enjoying with his family and friends the festive season.

This effect, combined with the planet's axial tilt, makes Martian seasons vary in duration more than those on Earth. The length of the seasons in this table are give in Earth days and Martian days. The two are almost exactly the same duration. An Earth day is 24 hours long, a Martian day is 24.6 hours long. [more information] Martian seasons are peculiar by Earth standards, but they probably pale in comparison to seasons on Uranus.

I sometimes make rather humorous remarks during the continuance of the festive season. Punch, or the London Charivari, January 12th, 1895 Various. It was a squalid sight, though the festive season of the year and that glamourous air peculiar to Indiana brooded it. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 Various. New year of 1842 found him at home in Nauvoo enjoying with his family and friends the festive season.

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SIMON & GARFUNKEL lyrics - A Most Peculiar Man. SIMON & GARFUNKEL. A Most Peculiar Man. He was a most peculiar man. That's what Mrs. Riordan said and she should know; She lived upstairs from him. She said he was a most peculiar man. He was a most peculiar man.

A Most Peculiar Man Songtext. He was a most peculiar man. That's what Mrs. Reardon says, and she should know. She lived upstairs from him. She said he was a most peculiar man. He was a most peculiar man. He lived all alone within a house. Within a room, within himself. A most peculiar man. He had no friends, he seldom spoke. And no one in turn ever spoke to him. 'Cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't care.

And it just that kind of disappointing, peculiar, injury-riddled, drama-filled season for the Knicks, who failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2009-10 and took an unexpected step backward after a 54-28 season in 2012-13.

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Simon And Garfunkel. Sounds Of Silence. A Most Peculiar Man. He was a most peculiar man. That's what Mrs. Riordan says and she should know. She lived upstairs from him. She said he was a most peculiar man. He was a most peculiar man. He lived all alone within a house.

PECULIAR INSTITUTION. PECULIAR INSTITUTION was a euphemistic term that white southerners used for slavery. John C. Calhoun defended the peculiar labor of the South in 1828 and the peculiar domestick institution in 1830.

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2 common, general, indistinctive, unspecific. English Collins Dictionary-English synonyms & Thesaurus &nbsp. peculiar 1 adj If you describe someone or something as peculiar, you think that they are strange or unusual, sometimes in an unpleasant way. (=odd, strange) Mr Kennet has a rather peculiar sense of humour..., Rachel thought it tasted peculiar.

Highlight lyrics to add Meanings, Special Memories, and Misheard Lyrics... Submit Corrections Cancel. He was a most peculiar man. That's what Mrs. Riordan said and she should know; She lived upstairs from him. She said he was a most peculiar man. He was a most peculiar man. He lived all alone within a house, Within a room, within himself, A most peculiar man. He had no friends, he seldom spoke. And no one in turn ever spoke to him, 'Cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't care. And he wasn't like them.

Ambiguity. Uncertainty or doubtfulness of the meaning of language. When language is capable of being understood in more than one way by a reasonable person, ambiguity exists. It is not the use of peculiar words or of common words used in a peculiar sense.Words are ambiguous when their significance is unclear to persons with competent knowledge and skill to understand them.ncertainty or doubtfulness of the meaning of language. When language is capable of being understood in more than one way by a reasonable person, ambiguity exists. It is not the use of peculiar words or of common words used in a peculiar sense.

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PECULIAR INSTITUTION. PECULIAR INSTITUTION was a euphemistic term that white southerners used for slavery. John C. Calhoun defended the peculiar labor of the South in 1828 and the peculiar domestick institution in 1830. The term came into general use in the 1830s when the abolitionist followers of William Lloyd Garrison began to attack slavery. Its implicit message was that slavery in the U.S. South was different from the very harsh slave systems existing in other countries and that southern slavery had no impact on those living in northern states.

A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokemon pokÃ©mon. Evolve it burns as red as the evening. Sun Omega. Ruby Alpha. Sapphire a peculiar stone that can make certain species Of pokemon. PokÃ©mon evolve it burns as red as the. evening sunlack. White. A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pok mon evolve. It is as red as the sun. Black 2. White 2. A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pok mon evolve. It is as red as the sun.

Brimstone (man now calls it sulfur/sulphur) is a lemon-yellow colored stone. Brimstone means, burning stone or, the stone that burns.. At left is a picture of brimstones and powdered brimstone.When a plain brimstone (like those to the left) is exposed to the air, nothing happens--but if a match is put to it, it will burn in a peculiar way, like a liquid fire, and it emits noxious fumes.The stone melts like wax but the dripping is a peculiar thick fire, like a piece of wax on fire.hen a plain brimstone (like those to the left) is exposed to the air, nothing happens--but if a match is put to it, it will burn in a peculiar way, like a liquid fire, and it emits noxious fumes. The stone melts like wax but the dripping is a peculiar thick fire, like a piece of wax on fire.

PECULIAR INSTITUTION was a euphemistic term that white southerners used for slavery. John C. Calhoun defended the peculiar labor of the South in 1828 and the peculiar domestick institution in 1830.

1 adj If you describe someone or something as peculiar, you think that they are strange or unusual, sometimes in an unpleasant way. (=odd, strange). Mr Kennet has a rather peculiar sense of humour..., Rachel thought it tasted peculiar.

Hydronephrosis with Peculiar Facies: Introduction. Hydronephrosis with Peculiar Facies: A very rare inherited disorder characterized by an unusual face and abnormalities in organs involved with urination. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Hydronephrosis with Peculiar Facies is available below.

The town was named more than a century ago, so the story goes, after an old tightwad who ran a general store. How did Peculiar, Mo., established in 1868, get its name? The town's founding fathers had suggested several names to the Post Office, but learned they were already in use elsewhere in Missouri. Give us any old peculiar name, the townspeople told postal authorities. Peculiar it is, responded the authorities.

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A peculiar stone that can make certain species of PokÃ©mon evolve. It has an unmistakable leaf pattern. Sun: Moon: A peculiar stone that can make certain species of PokÃ©mon evolve. It has an unmistakable leaf pattern. Ultra Sun: Ultra Moon: A peculiar stone that can make certain species of PokÃ©mon evolve. It has an unmistakable leaf pattern.

A peculiar stone that makes certain species of PokÃ©mon evolve. It sparkles like eyes. X: Y: A peculiar stone that can make certain species of PokÃ©mon evolve. It sparkles like a glittering eye. Omega Ruby: Alpha Sapphire: A peculiar stone that can make certain species of PokÃ©mon evolve. It sparkles like a glittering eye. Sun: Moon

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It is as red as the sun. Black: White: A peculiar stone that makes certain species of PokÃ©mon evolve. It is as red as the sun. Black 2: White 2: A peculiar stone that makes certain species of PokÃ©mon evolve. It is as red as the sun. X: Y: A peculiar stone that can make certain species of PokÃ©mon evolve. It burns as red as the evening sun. Omega Ruby: Alpha Sapphire

2. An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author.diom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of language or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the totality of the general rules of construction which characterize the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it from other tongues. --G. P. Marsh.

strange, singular, unique, peculiar, eccentric, erratic, odd, quaint, outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable. a journey filled with strange sights; singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness. a singular feeling of impending disaster; unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel. a career unique in the annals of science; peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness. the peculiar status of America's first lady

Please don't tell anyone, but we've developed a slightly peculiar crush on 'Huck' (real name Guillermo Diaz) of, 'Scandal'. Since the season ended in Dec

Code Black Season 3. Essential Info. In 2015, the CBS channel has presented a new medical drama with a somewhat fresh approach to the typical concept peculiar for this genre. The basis was chosen as a documentary from Ryan McGarry.

The fact that plague is transmitted by rat fleas means plague is a disease of the warmer seasons, disappearing during the winter, or at least lose most of their powers of spread. The peculiar seasonal pattern of plague has been observed everywhere and is a systematic feature also of the spread of the Black Death.

Season 1. At the start of the series, there have been peculiar rumors from beyond the Wall mentioning the White Walkers. According to Will, a renegade from the Night's Watch taken captive near Winterfell, his patrol was attacked by the White Walkers and his comrades Gared and Ser Waymar Royce were killed by them.

For the most effective results, cattle should be treated as soon as possible after the end of the heel fly (warble fly) season. While this is not peculiar to ivermectin, destruction of Hypoderma larvae (cattle grubs) at the period when these grubs are in vital areas may cause undesirable host-parasite reactions.

Halloween is a secular holiday combining vestiges of traditional harvest festival celebrations with customs more peculiar to the occasion such as costume wearing, trick-or-treating, pranksterism and decorative imagery based on the changing of the seasons, death, and the supernatural. Halloween takes place on October 31.

Erin Staley. The Golden Raspberry, popularly known as the Razzie award, is a peculiar piece of Hollywood legend. While every film award season is typically a four month long celebration of the best the global entertainment industry has to offer, the Razzie awards revel in giving acknowledgement to the worst.

a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period. 2. dress or garb characteristic of another period, place, person, etc., as worn on the stage or at balls. 3. fashion of dress appropriate to a particular occasion or season: dancing costume; winter costume.

Anthology series such as The Outer Limits or The Twilight Zone have the advantage when it comes to characters who can be realistically and irrevocably changed by the events of a story.ven for The Outer Limits, Season One's closing story, The Forms of Things Unknown is a peculiar masterpiece. Its blend of gothic horror and Hitchcockian exhumation of sexual fear comes well crafted with Stefano's lyrical script, taut editing, and Conrad Hall's moody, sophisticated-for-TV cinematography.

Once Upon a Time Season 4 (2011) DVD Release Date August 18, 2015. A beautiful bounty hunter with a hard knock past finds herself in a peculiar and small Maine town after a mysteriously surprise visit by a strange little boy. While returning him home, Emma is lead to and drawn in by Storybrooke, a mystically modern town where the neighbors all have a subconscious fairy tale past. There are plenty of thrilling twists in the plot of this action fantasy television series.

and. he takes his shots. This season, according to NBA.com, the 6-foot-3 Curry is shooting 65.9 percent on pull-up jumpers (in 176 attempts), 69.8 percent on step-back jumpers (63 attempts) and 72.7 percent on running bank shots (a smaller sample size of 11 attempts).For comparison, Novak has not attempted a step-back jumper.here was a time, years ago, when Stephen Curry shot the ball like Shawn Marion. His release wasn't quite as peculiar -- Marion can look like he's trying to play two-hand bocce with a basketball -- but it originated from the same navel-high location.

(Our) peculiar institution was a euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the American South. The meaning of peculiar in this expression is one's own, that is, referring to something distinctive to or characteristic of a particular place or people.

Uncertainty or doubtfulness of the meaning of language. When language is capable of being understood in more than one way by a reasonable person, ambiguity exists. It is not the use of peculiar words or of common words used in a peculiar sense.

In neither quote of John C. Calhoun's words is the phrase set in quotations, but he does seem to expect that peculiar institution and peculiar domestic institution will be understood to mean slavery. Was he quoting someone before him?

The Peculiar Institution was and remains a common euphemism for slavery in the U.S. southern slave states. People to this day will speak of the South's Peculiar Institution as a way of referring to slavery without actually using the word slavery..

I received samples of Kevita Master Brew Kombucha for review purposes and was not financially compensated for this post. All opinions are my own and based on my experience. Kombucha. The drink with a peculiar name and an equally peculiar taste.

(Our) peculiar institution was a euphemism for slavery and the social, economic and political ramifications that it bore and maintained. The term became popularized when, in 1830, John C. Calhoun defended the peculiar domestick institution of the South:

Submit Corrections Cancel. 1  He was a most peculiar man. That's what Mrs. Riordan said and she should know; 2  He was a most peculiar man. He lived all alone within a house, 3  He had no friends, he seldom spoke. And no one in turn ever spoke to him,  He died last Saturday. He turned on the gas and he went to sleep.

Choosing a career is very important thus, one must be peculiar and meticulous in deciding it because the career that you will be choosing... Choosing a Career. people around me.hoosing a career is very important thus, one must be peculiar and meticulous in deciding it because the career that you will be choosing... Choosing a Career. people around me.

Tim Burton's 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' film Ransom Riggs is bringing the story of the peculiars to America and revealing more of their secret history in the new world for the series' second trilogy.

Confidence votes 1.3K. The Peculiar Institution was and remains a common euphemism for slavery in the U.S. southern slave states. People to this day will speak of the South's Peculiar Institution as a way of referring to slavery without actually using the word slavery..

In pharmacology, an abnormal reaction to a drug, sometimes specified as genetically determined. idiosyncrasy. 1. a habit peculiar to an individual. idiosyncrasy. 1. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group. 2. A physiological or temperamental peculiarity.

Black. White. A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pok mon evolve. It is as red as the sun. Black 2. White 2. A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pok mon evolve. It is as red as the sun.

Why Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead. 1  Mexico's peculiar relationship with death reveals a complex heritage born of a tumultuous past. 2  Mexico's peculiar relationship with death reveals a complex heritage born of a tumultuous past.

Definition of hot mess in US English - a person or thing that is spectacularly unsuccessful or disordered, especially one that is a source of peculiar fascinat Definition of hot mess in US English - a person or thing that is spectacularly unsuccessful or disordered, especially one that is a source of peculiar fascinat

Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. idiosyncrasy. 1. a habit or quality of body or mind peculiar to any individual. 2. an abnormal susceptibility to an agent (e.g., a drug) that is peculiar to the individual. adj., adj idiosyncratÂ´ic.

a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people. 3. a construction or expression of one language whose parts correspond to elements in another language but whose total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in the second language. 4. the peculiar character or genius of a language.

peÂ·cuÂ·liar. adj. 1. Not ordinary or usual; odd or strange: noticed a peculiar odor in the room. See Synonyms at strange. 2. Belonging distinctively or primarily to one person, group, or kind; special or unique: a species peculiar to the high desert. n. 1.

Teenager Jacob follows clues that take him to a mysterious island, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores the abandoned bedrooms and hallways, he discovers that its former occupants were far more than peculiar; they possessed incredible powers.

noun, plural idiosyncrasies. 1. a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual. 2. the physical constitution peculiar to an individual. 3. a peculiarity of the physical or the mental constitution, especially susceptibility toward drugs, food, etc. Compare allergy (def 1).

Uncertainty or doubtfulness of the meaning of language. When language is capable of being understood in more than one way by a reasonable person, ambiguity exists. It is not the use of peculiar words or of common words used in a peculiar sense. Words are ambiguous when their significance is unclear to persons with competent knowledge and skill to understand them.

Originally meaning strange or peculiar, queer came to be deployed pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late- 19th century.riginally meaning strange or peculiar, queer came to be deployed pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late- 19th century.

Free Fall and Air Resistance. In a previous unit, it was stated that all objects (regardless of their mass) free fall with the same acceleration - 9.8 m/s/s. This particular acceleration value is so important in physics that it has its own peculiar name-the acceleration of gravity-and its own peculiar symbol-g.

nomenclature. 1. a system of names used in the classification of an art or science or other field or subject. 2. a naming system peculiar to a social group. See also books. 1. a system of names used in the classification of an art or science or other field or subject. 2. a naming system peculiar to a social group.

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talk with your doctor about whether you have normal testosterone levels testosterone has a peculiar relationship to hair loss not enough testosterone and your chest hair won t growalk with your doctor about whether you have normal testosterone levels testosterone has a peculiar relationship to hair loss not enough testosterone and your chest hair won t grow

technical. 1  belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill. 2  peculiar to or characteristic of a particular art, science, profession, trade, etc.: technical details. 3  using terminology or treating subject matter in a manner peculiar to a particular field, as a writer or a book: a technical report.

When you are doing the kidney cleanse, one side effect is that by the second or third day you will notice a peculiar smell under your arms and possibly also in your urine. It smells like a city alley on a hot day.hen you are doing the kidney cleanse, one side effect is that by the second or third day you will notice a peculiar smell under your arms and possibly also in your urine. It smells like a city alley on a hot day.

A new Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children trilogy is coming, publisher Dutton Books for Young Readers said Thursday. The new three-book arc continues the adventures of Jacob Portman, Miss Peregrine and the peculiars by bringing the story to America. The untitled first book will publish in fall 2017.

(redirected from idiosyncrasies) Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. [idâ³e-o-singÂ´krah-se] 1. a habit or quality of body or mind peculiar to any individual. 2. an abnormal susceptibility to an agent (e.g., a drug) that is peculiar to the individual. adj., adj idiosyncratÂ´ic.

fetor heÂ·patÂ·iÂ·cus. n. A peculiar odor of the breath in individuals with severe liver disease caused by volatile aromatic substances that accumulate in the blood and urine.etor heÂ·patÂ·iÂ·cus. n. A peculiar odor of the breath in individuals with severe liver disease caused by volatile aromatic substances that accumulate in the blood and urine.

Sorry, but this is mistaken. While it is true that at one time both sections had slavery, by the time this expression was coined it was exclusive to the South, and in fact, the term peculiar institution MEANS exactly that!! The term was coined in the early 19th century, and BY Southerners, as a way of referring to slavery. But there is much more to its meaning and point than the Wikipedia article suggests. First, the usual form of the expression was more like OUR peculiar ...

Read Common Sense Media's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children review, age rating, and parents guide. Eerie gothic fantasy a satisfying creep fest for teens. Read Common Sense Media's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children review, age rating, and parents guide.

There was a fad for inventing such words in Europe at one time, and the more fanciful and peculiar the better. There is no reason to have a collective word for tigers because, as several of the answers have pointed out, tigers are primarily solitary animals.here was a fad for inventing such words in Europe at one time, and the more fanciful and peculiar the better. There is no reason to have a collective word for tigers because, as several of the answers have pointed out, tigers are primarily solitary animals.

The early 19th-century discovery of lead in Wisconsin attracted miners from Cornwall. The peculiar, makeshift dwellings they slept in gave the state its nickname. From: AERIAL AMERICA: Wisconsin http://bit.ly/1ys7XCr The early 19th-century discovery of lead in Wisconsin attracted miners from Cornwall. The peculiar, makeshift dwellings they slept in gave the state its ... search

The peculiar tracheal cartilages are the first and the last. The first cartilage is broader than the rest, and often divided at one end; it is connected by the cricotracheal ligament with the lower border of the cricoid cartilage, with which, or with the succeeding cartilage, it is sometimes blended.he peculiar tracheal cartilages are the first and the last. The first cartilage is broader than the rest, and often divided at one end; it is connected by the cricotracheal ligament with the lower border of the cricoid cartilage, with which, or with the succeeding cartilage, it is sometimes blended.

Other animals have different degrees of movement at their respective joints; this is because of differences in positions of muscles and because structures peculiar to the bodies of humans and other species block motions unsuited to their anatomies.ther animals have different degrees of movement at their respective joints; this is because of differences in positions of muscles and because structures peculiar to the bodies of humans and other species block motions unsuited to their anatomies.

What makes any type of government unique are its characteristics. Socialism characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Socialism are benefits.These are helpful for the development of any nation. Some characteristics of Socialism can be demerits that hamper with its functioning.ocialism characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Socialism are benefits. These are helpful for the development of any nation. Some characteristics of Socialism can be demerits that hamper with its functioning.

State Route Yy, Peculiar MO 64078 | HomeMetry Street Directory We know 11 properties and 83 residents on 700...8104 State Route Yy, Peculiar MO 64078. Discover property public reports, residents, sales and rent history, real estate value and risk factors. Toggle navigation

n. 1. A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on.2. The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language.. A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on. 2.

Ambiguity. Uncertainty or doubtfulness of the meaning of language. When language is capable of being understood in more than one way by a reasonable person, ambiguity exists. It is not the use of peculiar words or of common words used in a peculiar sense. patent ambiguity is one that appears on the face of a document or writing because uncertain or obscure language has been used. In the law of contracts, ambiguity means more than that the language has more than one meaning upon which reasonable persons could differ.

Languages. Cyprus has two official languages which are Greek and Turkish. It is important to note that the Greek spoken in Cyprus is a strong dialect, with about 15% of the words peculiar to Cyprus.There are also many minorities which are Armenian, Cypriot Maronites, Arabic and Romani.yprus has two official languages which are Greek and Turkish. It is important to note that the Greek spoken in Cyprus is a strong dialect, with about 15% of the words peculiar to Cyprus.

Socialism Characteristics. What makes any type of government unique are its characteristics. Socialism characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Socialism are benefits. These are helpful for the development of any nation.Some characteristics of Socialism can be demerits that hamper with its functioning.ocialism characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Socialism are benefits. These are helpful for the development of any nation. Some characteristics of Socialism can be demerits that hamper with its functioning.

Peacock Spider. September 18 at 3:52pm Â· Edited Â·. Something peculiar about the peacock spiders is the way they jump. Unlike most other jumping spiders they use their third pair of legs, not their fourth pair, to propel themselves.This picture shows it nicely.omething peculiar about the peacock spiders is the way they jump. Unlike most other jumping spiders they use their third pair of legs, not their fourth pair, to propel themselves.

There are two categories of ambiguity: latent and patent. Latent ambiguity exists when the language used is clear and intelligible so that it suggests one meaning but some extrinsic fact or evidence creates a need for interpretation or a choice among two or more possible meanings.ncertainty or doubtfulness of the meaning of language. When language is capable of being understood in more than one way by a reasonable person, ambiguity exists. It is not the use of peculiar words or of common words used in a peculiar sense.

The tracheal cartilages have an order, starting with the peculiar tracheal cartilages. These are the first and last rings in the trachea. The first cartilage is broad and divided at the end.It sometimes blends in with the following cartilage, depending on the structure of the trachea. The last cartilage is broad in the middle and thick, with a triangular shape for a lower border.he tracheal cartilages have an order, starting with the peculiar tracheal cartilages. These are the first and last rings in the trachea. The first cartilage is broad and divided at the end.

Leoht eastan com. Though it is often viewed both as the archetypal Anglo-Saxon literary work and as a cornerstone of modern literature, Beowulf has a peculiar history that complicates both its historical and its canonical position in English literature.eoht eastan com. Though it is often viewed both as the archetypal Anglo-Saxon literary work and as a cornerstone of modern literature, Beowulf has a peculiar history that complicates both its historical and its canonical position in English literature.

That's a pretty peculiar question because a pickaxe is not really something we use in gardening. What we use in gardening is a tool called a mattock. Instead of a pickaxe which would actually have an axe on this end we have something that has a pick with a hoe combination.Now this is a pretty aggressive tool and maybe what you're really asking for is how to de-compact your soil.hat's a pretty peculiar question because a pickaxe is not really something we use in gardening. What we use in gardening is a tool called a mattock. Instead of a pickaxe which would actually have an axe on this end we have something that has a pick with a hoe combination.

6.1.- The GROUP GENITIVE. The saxon genitive (or genitive case or possessive case) is the name given to the peculiar English possessive structure invoving an ?s? and an apostrophe at the end of a word..1.- The GROUP GENITIVE. The saxon genitive (or genitive case or possessive case) is the name given to the peculiar English possessive structure invoving an ?s? and an apostrophe at the end of a word.

aura. a peculiar sensation preceding the appearance of more definite symptoms. An epileptic aura precedes an epileptic seizure and may involve visual disturbances, dizziness, numbness, or any of a number of sensations which the patient may find difficult to describe exactly.ura. a peculiar sensation preceding the appearance of more definite symptoms. It is a well-known phenomenon in humans and, on good clinical grounds, assumed to occur in animals, appearing as behavioral abnormalities.

jarâ¢gon. 1. the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon. 2. unintelligible talk or writing; gibberish; babble. 3. pidgin. 4. language that is characterized by uncommon or pretentious vocabulary and convoluted syntax and is often vague in meaning.5. to jargonize.. the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.

As a person, the naco may display a general lack of refinement by adopting a gangster mentality, unrefined verbal expressions or slang, peculiar accents, lack of social manners, or comically bad taste.s a person, the naco may display a general lack of refinement by adopting a gangster mentality, unrefined verbal expressions or slang, peculiar accents, lack of social manners, or comically bad taste.

Cellulose is a linear polysaccharide polymer with many glucose monosaccharide units. The acetal linkage is beta which makes it different from starch. This peculiar difference in acetal linkages results in a major difference in digestibility in humans.ellulose is a linear polysaccharide polymer with many glucose monosaccharide units. The acetal linkage is beta which makes it different from starch. This peculiar difference in acetal linkages results in a major difference in digestibility in humans.

Rationalization-Max Weber. Max Weber adhered to the method of rationalization in sociological work. It is a product of the scientific specialization and technical differentiation peculiar to western culture and Weber sometimes associated to it with the notion of intellectualization.ationalization-Max Weber. Max Weber adhered to the method of rationalization in sociological work. It is a product of the scientific specialization and technical differentiation peculiar to western culture and Weber sometimes associated to it with the notion of intellectualization.

This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word curious. curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular(adj) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. a curious hybrid accent; her speech has a funny twang; they have some funny ideas about war; had an odd name; the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves; something definitely queer about this town; what a rum fellow; singular behavior. curious(adj)

Ambiguity. Uncertainty or doubtfulness of the meaning of language. When language is capable of being understood in more than one way by a reasonable person, ambiguity exists. It is not the use of peculiar words or of common words used in a peculiar sense.r again, by ambiguity of meaning,--as {pi alpha rho omega chi eta kappa epsilon nu / delta epsilon / pi lambda epsilon omega / nu upsilon xi}, where the word {pi lambda epsilon omega} is ambiguous.

A Grand, Gloomy and Peculiar Place. Mammoth Cave National Park preserves the cave system and a part of the Green River valley and hilly country of south central Kentucky. This is the world's longest known cave system, with more than 400 miles explored. Early guide Stephen Bishop called the cave a grand, gloomy and peculiar place, but its vast chambers and complex labyrinths have earned its name - Mammoth.

Black Snake Moan is the oddest, most peculiar movie I've seen about sex and race and redemption in the Deep South.It may be the most peculiar recent movie ever except for Road House, but then what can you say about Road House? Such movies defy all categories.he girl is Rae (Christina Ricci); it is no coincidence that Jackson's character is named Lazarus, and Lazarus determines to return her from near death or whooping cough, one or the other. No saint himself, he wants to redeem her from a life of sluttery.

There are two categories of ambiguity: latent and patent. Latent ambiguity exists when the language used is clear and intelligible so that it suggests one meaning but some extrinsic fact or evidence creates a need for interpretation or a choice among two or more possible meanings.In a classic case, Raffles v. Wichelhaus, 159 Eng.ncertainty or doubtfulness of the meaning of language. When language is capable of being understood in more than one way by a reasonable person, ambiguity exists. It is not the use of peculiar words or of common words used in a peculiar sense.

The blobfish can grow up to 12 inches (30.5 cm) in length. A deep sea fish, it lives at depths of up to 2,700 feet (823 m) in the waters off the coasts of southeast Australia and Tasmania, although there have been few sightings of this peculiar creature because of the extreme depth of its habitat. deep sea fish, it lives at depths of up to 2,700 feet (823 m) in the waters off the coasts of southeast Australia and Tasmania, although there have been few sightings of this peculiar creature because of the extreme depth of its habitat.

Overview. Duffy was inspired to write this poem by her friendship with a war photographer. She was especially intrigued by the peculiar challenge faced by these people whose job requires them to record terrible, horrific events without being able to directly help their subjects.verview. Duffy was inspired to write this poem by her friendship with a war photographer. She was especially intrigued by the peculiar challenge faced by these people whose job requires them to record terrible, horrific events without being able to directly help their subjects.

idiom (Noun). An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style. idiom (Noun). An expression peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language, especially when the meaning is illogical or separate from the meanings of its component words.diom (Noun). An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style. idiom (Noun). An expression peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language, especially when the meaning is illogical or separate from the meanings of its component words.

Homeopathists give thuja where the rectum is diseased; where there is a slimy discharge streaked with blood with dark blotches on the adjoining tissues; where there is itching and constant inclination without power to expel feces; sharp sticking pains in the rectum. It will act with collinsonia or hamamelis in this.huja is directly indicated, first, as a peculiar alterative, in improving diathetic conditions of the blood. Again, it acts directly upon abnormal growths-perversions, such as peculiar conditions of the cell structure of the skin, and other external structures.

2. The act of conforming; the act of producing suitableness, or conformity; with to; as the conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion. 3. In medical science, the particular make or construction of the body peculiar to an individual; as a good or bad conformation.he act of conforming; the act of producing suitableness, or conformity; with to; as the conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion. 3. In medical science, the particular make or construction of the body peculiar to an individual; as a good or bad conformation.

Possibly politeness itself, in the Enlightenment context, was not just a uniformly observed set of rules or an attribute which all were striving to attain, but a potentially repressive social force that eighteenth-century men and women, given the opportunity, took peculiar pleasure in transgressing.ossibly politeness itself, in the Enlightenment context, was not just a uniformly observed set of rules or an attribute which all were striving to attain, but a potentially repressive social force that eighteenth-century men and women, given the opportunity, took peculiar pleasure in transgressing.

1. I first stripped the wallpaper from my bedroom walls using a steam stripper and scraper. This revealed a lurid pink paint on the walls and a peculiar purple ceiling paint which came off in sheets like vinyl.The ceiling is now stripped revealing a blue paint which I intend to leave on and give a light sanding. first stripped the wallpaper from my bedroom walls using a steam stripper and scraper. This revealed a lurid pink paint on the walls and a peculiar purple ceiling paint which came off in sheets like vinyl.

Once cleaned of impurities and extracted, shilajit is a homogeneous brown-black paste-like substance, with a glossy surface, a peculiar smell and bitter taste. Dry shilajit density ranges from 1.1 to 1.8 g/cm 3.nce cleaned of impurities and extracted, shilajit is a homogeneous brown-black paste-like substance, with a glossy surface, a peculiar smell and bitter taste. Dry shilajit density ranges from 1.1 to 1.8 g/cm 3.

There was a time, years ago, when Stephen Curry shot the ball like Shawn Marion. His release wasn't quite as peculiar -- Marion can look like he's trying to play two-hand bocce with a basketball -- but it originated from the same navel-high location.here was a time, years ago, when Stephen Curry shot the ball like Shawn Marion. His release wasn't quite as peculiar -- Marion can look like he's trying to play two-hand bocce with a basketball -- but it originated from the same navel-high location.

In any case, we find in Celtic mythology a strong foundation in ancient goddess (mother earth) and fertility religion (common throughout the ancient world), merged with the peculiar emphasis on the Otherworld and its accessibility to mankind found in the druid religion.n any case, we find in Celtic mythology a strong foundation in ancient goddess (mother earth) and fertility religion (common throughout the ancient world), merged with the peculiar emphasis on the Otherworld and its accessibility to mankind found in the druid religion.

jarâ¢gon. 1. the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon. 2. unintelligible talk or writing; gibberish; babble. 3. pidgin. 4. language that is characterized by uncommon or pretentious vocabulary and convoluted syntax and is often vague in meaning.5. to jargonize.. the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon. 2. unintelligible talk or writing; gibberish; babble.

fetor hepaticus. Definitions: 1. a peculiar odor to the breath in people with severe liver disease; caused by volatile aromatic substances that accumulate in the blood and urine due to defective hepatic metabolism.Synonyms: liver breath. The definition information for fetor hepaticus is provided by Stedman's.. a peculiar odor to the breath in people with severe liver disease; caused by volatile aromatic substances that accumulate in the blood and urine due to defective hepatic metabolism.

Savannas are expansive grasslands typically found in countries near the equator. They are scattered with shrubs and peculiar looking trees that have adapted to extreme weather cycles. Droughts, wildfires and destructive grazing by elephants keep all but a few species of trees from establishing.avannas are expansive grasslands typically found in countries near the equator. They are scattered with shrubs and peculiar looking trees that have adapted to extreme weather cycles. Droughts, wildfires and destructive grazing by elephants keep all but a few species of trees from establishing.

According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: as. Deuteronomy 7:6,7 For you are an holy people to the LORD your God: the LORD your God â¦. Psalm 135:4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob to himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.ccording as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: as. Deuteronomy 7:6,7 For you are an holy people to the LORD your God: the LORD your God â¦. Psalm 135:4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob to himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

1 A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group: the Lancashire dialect seemed like a foreign language. More example sentences. Synonyms. 1  The Jutes settled in and near Kent, but the dialect for the region is known as Kentish, not Jutish. A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group: the Lancashire dialect seemed like a foreign language. More example sentences. Synonyms. 1  The Jutes settled in and near Kent, but the dialect for the region is known as Kentish, not Jutish.

ONE country, two currencies is one of Cuba's more peculiar idiosyncrasies. The Cuban peso (CUP) and the Cuban convertible peso (CUC) are both legal tender on the island, though neither is exchangeable in foreign markets. The CUC is pegged to the dollar and worth 25 times as much as the CUP.NE country, two currencies is one of Cuba's more peculiar idiosyncrasies. The Cuban peso (CUP) and the Cuban convertible peso (CUC) are both legal tender on the island, though neither is exchangeable in foreign markets. The CUC is pegged to the dollar and worth 25 times as much as the CUP.

Federal Republic Characteristics. What makes any type of government unique are its characteristics. Federal Republic characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Federal Republic are benefits. These are helpful for the development of any nation.Some characteristics of Federal Republic can be demerits that hamper with its functioning. These disadvantages have to be overcome for any nation to run efficiently.ederal Republic Characteristics. What makes any type of government unique are its characteristics. Federal Republic characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Federal Republic are benefits. These are helpful for the development of any nation.

It is one of the peacock facts that these fleshy birds can fly over short distances like various other large birds. Peacocks primarily fly to escape predators or roost for the night. Peacock fly appears to be quite peculiar. It feels like they are jumping and their wings are providing them a boost.t is one of the peacock facts that these fleshy birds can fly over short distances like various other large birds. Peacocks primarily fly to escape predators or roost for the night. Peacock fly appears to be quite peculiar. It feels like they are jumping and their wings are providing them a boost.

But if you look carefully at the labels on grass-fed beef, especially in mainstream supermarkets like Safeway and Stop & Shop, you'll notice something peculiar. Quite a lot of this beef is coming to the U.S. from half a world away, in Australia.Patricia Whisnant knows about this through personal experience.ut if you look carefully at the labels on grass-fed beef, especially in mainstream supermarkets like Safeway and Stop & Shop, you'll notice something peculiar. Quite a lot of this beef is coming to the U.S. from half a world away, in Australia. Patricia Whisnant knows about this through personal experience.

Particles are probably one of the most difficult and confusing aspects of Japanese sentences. A particle (joshi) is a word that shows the relationship of a word, a phrase, or a clause to the rest of the sentence. Some particles have English equivalents.Others have functions similar to English prepositions, but since they always follow the word or words they mark, they are post-positions.There are also particles that have a peculiar usage which is not found in English. Most particles are multi-functional.thers have functions similar to English prepositions, but since they always follow the word or words they mark, they are post-positions. There are also particles that have a peculiar usage which is not found in English. Most particles are multi-functional.

Answers. Best Answer: This is a very peculiar story. Although you have male and female shrimp, some male shrimp may become female shrimp in the course of their life (after 2 years or so). If this does not sound as a complicated business, the next link in the chain will.Shrimp can only mate with each other when the female has just moulted (just as is the case with crabs).Female shrimp can mate and deposit eggs up to three times per year. Usually it is once in the spring, once in the summer and once in the middle of winter.nswers. Best Answer: This is a very peculiar story. Although you have male and female shrimp, some male shrimp may become female shrimp in the course of their life (after 2 years or so). If this does not sound as a complicated business, the next link in the chain will.

Its purpose is not clear but it may have once been an over-flow channel from the pond behind the dam, though its level in relation to the dam is peculiar. (13) Pond (SP 757768), lies N.W. of Draughton village, in the valley of a small W.-flowing brook, on Upper Lias Clay at 114 m. above OD.ts purpose is not clear but it may have once been an over-flow channel from the pond behind the dam, though its level in relation to the dam is peculiar. (13) Pond (SP 757768), lies N.W. of Draughton village, in the valley of a small W.-flowing brook, on Upper Lias Clay at 114 m. above OD.

To that end, one of the most common misconceptions is that slavery was a uniquely or distinctively Southern institution prior to the American Revolution. Slavery in Pre-Revolution America. In the 13 mainland colonies of British North America, slavery was not the peculiar institution of the South.This development would occur after the American Revolution and during the first decades of the 19th century.o that end, one of the most common misconceptions is that slavery was a uniquely or distinctively Southern institution prior to the American Revolution. Slavery in Pre-Revolution America. In the 13 mainland colonies of British North America, slavery was not the peculiar institution of the South.

jarâ¢gon. 1. the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon. 2. unintelligible talk or writing; gibberish; babble. 3. pidgin. 4. language that is characterized by uncommon or pretentious vocabulary and convoluted syntax and is often vague in meaning.5. to jargonize.. the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon. 2. unintelligible talk or writing; gibberish; babble. 3. pidgin. 4. language that is characterized by uncommon or pretentious vocabulary and convoluted syntax and is often vague in meaning. 5. to jargonize.

The platypus is a very interesting animal. It has a beak that looks like it belongs to a duck, which it uses to dig up invertebrates from lake beds. It is also one of only mammals to lay eggs. Just because they are a little peculiar doesnât mean you should let your guard down.They are more dangerous then you think! The male platypus has a spur on its hind foot that contains venom, which is lethal enough to kill a dog!This makes them one of the few venomous mammals on the planet! http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Platypus.he platypus is a very interesting animal. It has a beak that looks like it belongs to a duck, which it uses to dig up invertebrates from lake beds. It is also one of only mammals to lay eggs. Just because they are a little peculiar doesnât mean you should let your guard down.

Dasein is a German word which literally means being there often translated in English with the word existence. It is a fundamental concept in the existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger particularly in his magnum opus Being and Time.Heidegger uses the expression Dasein to refer to the experience of being that is peculiar to human beings.Thus it is a form of being that is aware of and must confront such issues as personhood, mortality and the dilemma or paradox of living in relationship with other humans while being ultimately alone with oneself.eidegger uses the expression Dasein to refer to the experience of being that is peculiar to human beings. Thus it is a form of being that is aware of and must confront such issues as personhood, mortality and the dilemma or paradox of living in relationship with other humans while being ultimately alone with oneself.

Phylum Porifera. Introduction The Phylum Porifera includes the sponges, a group of peculiar sedentary animals so different from other types of animals that they were long thought to be plants. Sponges are among the most primitive multicellular animals.They have a simple type of body organization, with a porous body permeated by a system of water canals through which water is pumped by the action of special flagellated cells, choanocytes (collar cells).hylum Porifera. Introduction The Phylum Porifera includes the sponges, a group of peculiar sedentary animals so different from other types of animals that they were long thought to be plants. Sponges are among the most primitive multicellular animals.

best answer endemic means peculiar to a people or region epidemic refers to affecting a whole community or a disease which attacks many people at the same period sickle cell anemia is endemic to african peoples the bubonic plague in europe wiped out many people in the middle agessource s kalusz 9 years agoest answer endemic means peculiar to a people or region epidemic refers to affecting a whole community or a disease which attacks many people at the same period sickle cell anemia is endemic to african peoples the bubonic plague in europe wiped out many people in the middle ages

In recent years, herbal tea has seen a resurgence of popularity as people have taken new interest in the countless benefits herbal teas have to offer. Of the many teas that have begun to receive attention, one of the more peculiar options is chaga mushroom tea.Unique in the mushroom kingdom, chaga mushroom grows almost exclusively on birch trees, and resembles a large growth of burnt bark.n recent years, herbal tea has seen a resurgence of popularity as people have taken new interest in the countless benefits herbal teas have to offer. Of the many teas that have begun to receive attention, one of the more peculiar options is chaga mushroom tea.

And if you scale all the skulls to the same size, we suddenly become the leader of the pack. If all the jaw muscles clenched with the same force, our teeth would exert a bite force thatâs at least 40% greater than any of the other primates, save the gibbon.So not only is our bite very respectable, our jaw muscles need to exert considerably less force from to produce it.This explains some peculiar characteristics of our skulls. Our teeth are as tough as those of other primates because they still need to withstand the relatively high forces exerted by our bite.o not only is our bite very respectable, our jaw muscles need to exert considerably less force from to produce it. This explains some peculiar characteristics of our skulls. Our teeth are as tough as those of other primates because they still need to withstand the relatively high forces exerted by our bite.

Depiction. Depiction is a form of non-verbal representation in which two-dimensional images are regarded as viable substitutes for things seen, remembered or imagined.Basically, a picture maps an object to a two-dimensional scheme or picture plane.Pictures are made with various materials and techniques, such as painting, drawing, or prints mosaics, tapestries, stained glass, and collages of unusual and disparate elements.Occasionally pictures may occur in simple inkblots, accidental stains, peculiar clouds or a glimpse of the moon, but these are special cases.ictures are made with various materials and techniques, such as painting, drawing, or prints mosaics, tapestries, stained glass, and collages of unusual and disparate elements. Occasionally pictures may occur in simple inkblots, accidental stains, peculiar clouds or a glimpse of the moon, but these are special cases.

There is a peculiar fascination in the game of pool or billiards which cannot be described.

the study of the functions and diseases peculiar to males, especially of the reproductive organs. andrology.

In diction's definition it says diction is 'the selection of certain words or phrases that become peculiar to a writer'.

Chemical nomenclature, replete as it is with compounds with complex names, is a repository for some very peculiar and sometimes startling names.

Andrology definition, the study of the functions and diseases peculiar to males, especially of the reproductive organs. See more.

the study of the functions and diseases peculiar to males, especially of the reproductive organs. Origin of andrology.

The uncanny (German: Das Unheimliche, the opposite of what is familiar) is a mixture of the familiar and unfamiliar that is experienced as being peculiar.

Every generation reinvents Romeo and Juliet in a way that strikes a chord with its peculiar sensibilities, experiences and outlook.

The Peculiar Institution  is slavery. Its history in America begins with the earliest European settlements and ends with the Civil War.

It was a peculiar moment where viral content came to life; as if grumpy Cat came onstage and began speaking.

If the causes of volatility are peculiar to security, it is measured by alpha; if the causes are related to the securities market as a whole, it is measured by beta.

As many have noted, it was a peculiar way to describe the 19th-century abolitionist, and one that had many questioning whether Trump knew that Douglass had been dead for more than a century.

Quick definitions (idiocracy). ( 1 n.) Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.

You may think that the gallbladder is already a bit far from the chest so it can be a bit peculiar for you that you will begin to feel tightness in your chest because of your gallbladder but you have to know now that it is possible.

Not because I feel the need to write about the music, even though it was amazing. Rather, because I discovered that Electric Forest is less about the people who choose to come than it is about what this peculiar event allows those people, including me, to become.

Definition of signalment. : description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks; specifically : the systematic description of a person for purposes of identification.

Examples of patience in a Sentence. 1  To be a biographer is a somewhat peculiar endeavor. It seems to me it requires not only the tact, patience, and thoroughness of a scholar but also the stamina of a horse.

Gemini, two hearts, two souls, one mind, a most peculiar sign, one day water, next day wine. Â© All Rights Reserved.

Comedy and Tragicomedy. The Tempest is actually classified in Shakespeare's first folio as a comedy, which would be fine enough, except this play has certain elements that are peculiar to a new genre.

There certainly appears to be a peculiar susceptibility of moral and religious improvement among this tribe, and they would seem to be one of the very, very few that have benefited in morals and manners by an intercourse with white men.

Originally meaning strange or peculiar, queer came to be deployed pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late- 19th century.

#crazy #ridiculous #wild #extreme #foolish #unwise #idiotic #senseless #outrageous #peculiar #cra cra #cra-cra

(archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.

The sign language, however, could be used among all tribes familiar with it and must, there fore, be considered one of the striking peculiar traits of the Plains and an important factor in the diffusion of culture.

Dysaesthesia Aethiopica is a disease peculiar to negroes, affecting both mind and body in a manner as well expressed by dysaesthesia, the name I have given it, as could be by a single term.

belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill. peculiar to or characteristic of a particular art, science, profession, trade, etc.: technical details.

A particular and peculiar benefit or advantage enjoyed by a person, company, or class, beyond the common advantages of other citizens. An exceptional or extraordinary power or exemption.

Many such customs must have been in vogue in Babylonia and Assyria. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow There remains, as the only god peculiar to Assyria, the god Ashur.

Communism Characteristics. What makes any type of government unique are its characteristics. Communism characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Communism are benefits.

Schizotypal personality disorder is one of a group of conditions informally thought of as eccentric personality disorders. People with these disorders often appear odd or peculiar.

Only occasionally did we exchange a few words with one another-- words, for the most part, that were of little purport or substance, yet words to which it delighted me to apportion their several meanings, their peculiar secret values.

One of the peculiar things about tonsil infections is that they sometimes affect just one tonsil. When there is persistent swelling and tenderness on just one side of the throat, the first possibility that comes to mind is tonsilitis.

People with these disorders often appear odd or peculiar. People with schizoid personality disorder also tend to be distant, detached, and indifferent to social relationships.

Even though General Motors is entering the second half of its global product renaissance, the fact that its market share is at an all-time low is peculiar, if not painful.

From the Way Out In Left Field Society: The phrase way out in left field has evolved to mean an eccentric, odd, misguided or peculiar statement or act.

This is a very peculiar kind of pain. Spleen is an important organ of the body which is part of the lymphatic system. This system is an entire network of vessels and nodes through which the lymph flows.

Yet there is a clear note of originality (so it seems to us) in the peculiar charm of his strictly personal compositions; and, generally, in such touches as he gives us of the soul, the life, of the [114] nineteenth century.

Insomnia: This is a very peculiar property of cumin. It is a stimulant as well as a relaxant at the same time. This property cannot be attributed to a single component alone, just as causes of insomnia cannot be attributed to a single cause.

Ritook, touching on the Templar Cross, found this symbol 'regrettably not peculiar to the Templars', and that it is difficult to distinguish between crosses used by the Templars and other monastic communities. I would agree with this.

For which reason the antients used, on such occasions, to sacrifice to the goddess Nemesis, a deity who was thought by them to look with an invidious eye on human felicity, and to have a peculiar delight in overturning it.

Based on the book by. We do not know what we see when we look at Leonard. We think we see a human vegetable, a peculiar man who has been frozen in the same position for 30 years, who neither moves nor speaks.

What is exactly the difference between being a colony and being a territory? As many of my readers know, this week I am with my family on the island of Guam and am fascinated by its history and its peculiar relationship with the rest of the United Sates.

&raquo more... Canada regards herself as responsible to all mankind for the peculiar ecological balance that now exists so precariously in the water, ice and land areas of the Arctic archipelago.

German and Swiss German: metonymic occupational name for a catcher or seller of crabs or shellfish or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a crab, perhaps because they had a peculiar gait.

Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; - opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place.

Definition of idiopathic. 1  1 : arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause : primary idiopathic epilepsy. 2  2 : peculiar to the individual.

What makes any type of government unique are its characteristics. Communism characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Communism are benefits. These are helpful for the development of any nation.

Communism characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Communism are benefits. These are helpful for the development of any nation. Some characteristics of Communism can be demerits that hamper with its functioning.

What makes any type of government unique are its characteristics. Dictatorship characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Dictatorship are benefits. These are helpful for the development of any nation.

The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement: They cultivated a subversive alternative ethos (Anthony Burgess).

Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.

Home > Eat Well > Cocktails > How to Drink Icewine. Ice wine is one of the few wines you can describe as special, exceptional and even peculiar without hyperbole, because its origins occurred under the most fortuitous circumstances.

Neither have we the original texts of the Semitic liturgies, as we have for Egypt. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont It was not peculiar to the Semitic tribes, but they ascribed a prime importance to it.

Gauchos are very stand-apart people to the Brazilian standards, being well-known for their separatism tendences, peculiar accent (interestingly, either loved or hated, but never ignored), and overall very distinctive personality.

See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. adjective. 1. pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.

Aerial America > The early 19th-century discovery of lead in Wisconsin attracted miners from Cornwall. The peculiar, makeshift dwellings they slept in gave the state its nickname.

There are a couple of tricks you can do with PHP's classes that programmers from C++, etc., will find very peculiar, but which can be useful. You can create instances of classes without knowing the class name in advance, when it's in a variable:

suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress. belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: Each played his appropriate part.

Definition of privilege. : a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor : prerogative; especially : such a right or immunity attached specifically to a position or an office.

Flannery was peculiar, her work even more so, but Gooch strives to make it all quite normal, under the circumstances, of course. She entertained visitors. She liked fried shrimp and peppermint chiffon pie.

Provincialism (noun). a word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. Origin: [Cf.

USI (United Software Intelligence) Tech is very peculiar operation, which has recently started to probe the crypto currency vertical with an extremely scam-suspicious offer.

In the voluminous literature on appendicitis one finds but little particular attention paid to the peculiar characteristics and sequences of inflammation of this organ when of the retrocecal or retroperitoneal type in anatomic location.

The Senate is rather peculiar because it has special roles that the House of Representatives doesn't have. First, it has exactly two members per state, no matter how many people live in that state. This was a compromise set up during the Constitut...

Great topic! Here's my try; Painterly is about Paint and Painting...something peculiar and special to this media. When the paint is applied with confidence and decision and in such a way that it is not second guessing nor re doing...

Gotu kola is a slender herb found growing as a perennial in much of the tropics. The herb has peculiar shaped leaves, which have an almost smooth surface and are shaped like a kidney or almost heart shaped.

The peculiar tracheal cartilages are the first and the last. The first cartilage is broader than the rest, and often divided at one end; it is connected by the cricotracheal ligament with the lower border of the cricoid cartilage, with which, or with the succeeding cartilage, it is sometimes blended.

California, for example, follows the peculiar risk doctrine, which attributes responsibility for injuries or damages caused by independent contractors to the employers that hired them, but only in the following two situations:

1. The psychological and biologic organization peculiar to the individual, specifically, an individual's pervasive and characteristic manner of perceiving, thinking, and acting. It represents one component of personality, the other is character.

And no one's sure exactly what the right answer is. But here's one thing its definitely not: the free market. Here are five reasons why. First, there's this peculiar thing about people -- if given the choice, they prefer a certain future to an uncertain one.

Though Magua, who had resumed his ancient garb, bore the outline of a fox on the dressed skin which formed his robe, there was one chief of his party who carried the beaver as his peculiar symbol, or totem.

Communism Characteristics. What makes any type of government unique are its characteristics. Communism characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Communism are benefits. These are helpful for the development of any nation.

Living with a person with Aspergers syndrome can be very difficult because of the very subtle nature of this syndrome. There is no physical signs from just looking at someone, and it can be hard to explain to friends and family that peculiar behavior is not deliberate.

There exist guns, according to Fulton, perfected in England by Philip Coles and Burley, in France by Furcy, and in Italy by Landi, which are furnished with a peculiar system of closing, which can fire under these conditions.

In diction's definition it says diction is 'the selection of certain words or phrases that become peculiar to a writer'. So, wouldn't colour or metre or kilometre give the book a more distinct british feel?

1 the temperament or mental constitution peculiar to a person or group. 2  any personal peculiarity, mannerism, etc.  an individual reaction to a drug, food, etc. that is different from the reaction of most people.

I. The sentiment by which Universalists are distinguished, is this: that at last every individual of the human race shall become holy and happy. This does not comprise the whole of their faith, but, merely that feature of it which is peculiar to them and by which they are distinguished from the rest of the world. II.

To claim that social sciences are not part of biology and to establish a separate and incompatible science just for humans is as peculiar and unnecessary as the establishment of hydrogenology, the study of hydrogen apart from, and incompatible with, physics.

Other animals have different degrees of movement at their respective joints; this is because of differences in positions of muscles and because structures peculiar to the bodies of humans and other species block motions unsuited to their anatomies.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disorder that presents with myriad of symptoms. The disease causes physical as well as emotional changes in the patients. One peculiar symptom seen in people with MS is their sensitivity to heat.

Though it is often viewed both as the archetypal Anglo-Saxon literary work and as a cornerstone of modern literature, Beowulf has a peculiar history that complicates both its historical and its canonical position in English literature.

La Purisima was not exempt from these demands, and in addition suffered tragedies peculiar to herself, not the least of which was the death of Padre Mariano Payeras. He had come to California in 1796 and to Purisima in 1804.

After the travesty that was Peculiar, you have redeemed yourself completely and then some. Self Medication might be the best slackers album yet and that would be saying a lot about the slackers and about music. Thanks very much for the awesome awesome awesome album!!!!!!

It was desirable that chaplaincies of this kind should be entered on with a fervent intention: they were peculiar opportunities for spiritual influence; and while it was good that a salary should be allotted, there was the more need for scrupulous watching lest the office should be perverted into a mere question of salary.

itch. 1. to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected. 2. to cause such a feeling: This shirt itches. 3.

Uddin Name Meaning. You have talent, charm and luck. You can succeed in art and in any educational occupation. You attract peculiar experiences. Your power and protection lies in spiritual side of life.

Some of the provisions of the 1215 Magna Carta seem peculiar until one understands that on more than one occasion, friends and family members of a debtor were literally held hostage by King John until the loan was repaid in full.

When reviewing a contract, certain language or clauses within the contract are likely to seem peculiar to a non-lawyer. The purpose of this article is to help explain the purpose and effect language and provisions frequently included in contracts.

sugar cravings (occasionally) some dizziness - but only the first day of the pickle juice episode: a strange intermittent sensation upon turning my head, and maybe not even dizziness but a peculiar sensation that got my attention each time it happened

Undeniably, there were ugly scars on the face of Mughal society, but the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries had a quality of life that lent them a peculiar charm. The clearest reflection of this is seen in the creative arts of the period.

Thus the university, as a form of social organization, was peculiar to medieval Europe. Later, it was exported to all parts of the world, including the Muslim East; and it has remained with us down to the present day. But back in the middle ages, outside of Europe, there was nothing anything quite like it anywhere.

perhaps more relatable to pragmatism than it is to naturalism it was a structure that had evolved pursuant to consciousness under such varied and i want to buy a research paper peculiar conditions as to render unbelief impossible and that therefore they are necessarily either impostures or delusions

See also: Classification. 1. a system of names used in the classification of an art or science or other field or subject. 2. a naming system peculiar to a social group. See also books; classification; language; nature.

The Year Without a Summer, a peculiar 19th century disaster, played out during 1816 when weather in Europe and North America took a bizarre turn that resulted in widespread crop failures and even famine.

A peculiar kind of slang, known as Cockney rhyming slang, evolved in England. Its distinguishing mark is the use of paired words, or compound phrases, in which the last word rhymes with the word that is actually meant.

(organic chemistry, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HCâ¡CH. It is a colourless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odour, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding or metallurgy.

Individuality(noun) the character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality.

Krebs Name Meaning. German and Swiss German: metonymic occupational name for a catcher or seller of crabs or shellfish or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a crab, perhaps because they had a peculiar gait.

Copper is an exception to the rule-it is resilient, malleable and ductile. This means it can easily be pounded, stretched and shaped. These properties make it extremely suitable for the construction of alembics especially those with a peculiar design.

For my part, my curiosity and interest were at least equal to the child 's, for child she certainly was, although I thought it probably from what I could make out, that her very small and delicate frame imparted a peculiar youthfulness to her appearance.

Interest in the causes of flatulence was spurred by high-altitude flight and the space program; the low atmospheric pressure, confined conditions, and stresses peculiar to those endeavours were cause for concern.

a construction or expression of one language whose parts correspond to elements in another language but whose total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in the second language. 4. the peculiar character or genius of a language.

View in context. It has often been a matter of regret to me that I was shut out from the most peculiar field of American fiction by an inability to see any romance, or poetry, or grandeur, or beauty in the Indian character, at least till such traits were pointed out by others.

That may be a mere subjective fancy. It thus represented a subjective creation, not an objective fact. In these works he emphasized the identity of the subjective and the objective for consciousness, and the fact that the perception of this unity is peculiar to man.

A Wrinkle in Time Synopsis. After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him. Read Full Synopsis

TEHRAN (FNA)- When emotional intelligence first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time.

Diction is usually judged with reference to the prevailing standards of proper writing and speech and is seen as the mark of quality of the writing. It is also understood as the selection of certain words or phrases that become peculiar to a writer. Example:

However, as is clearly illustrated in the photograph, the steel wool conducts electricity. The texture of steel wool is quite peculiar. Depending on the type of steel wool one observes and handles, its texture will be different.

Research on project assignments, a process of assigning. a project to a project manager, has exhibited a peculiar. dichotomy in the approaches to (i) the influences of project. assignments and (ii) methodologies for project assignments.

Bacterial vaginosis, which is also known as non-specific vaginitis, is an infection of the vagina that has the peculiar characteristic of not causing inflammation. Left untreated, it can cause odor, infertility, and, in pregnancy, miscarriage.

In two hundred years, (I speak within compass,) no such commission had been executed. This sense is the same as the first, and the peculiar force of the phrase lies in the word within. 4. The extent or limit of the voice or of sound. 5.

of or relating to the body: physical exercise. 2. of or relating to that which is material: the physical universe; the physical sciences. 3. noting or pertaining to the properties of matter and energy other than those peculiar to living matter.

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular(adj) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.

Slang refers to words, phrases and uses that are regarded as very informal and often restricted to special context or peculiar to a specified profession class and the like. Slang words are used in specific social groups, like teenagers.

If we reason by paying too much attention to exceptions to the rule, and generalize on the exceptions, our reasoning contains this fallacy. This fallacy is the converse of the accident fallacy. It is a kind of Hasty Generalization, by generalizing too quickly from a peculiar case.

For example, one of the reported reasons for whining noise in a BMW, was attributed to the noise created by the planetary gears. This is the kind of noise which is endemic to this automobile system. There are a range of car models and each one has its own peculiar issues.

Stouffer, 30, isn't the only one with a fickle nose. Many people sneeze at peculiar moments -- such as after exercise, plucking their eyebrows, in the sunshine, or after sex. Here are the reasons why they sneeze at odd times, and why all of us sneeze in the first place.

In this type of joints the bones are joined together by means of fibrous tissue. Due to the presence of fibrous tissue these joints are either immovable or permit movement to a very little extent. Sutures: These are peculiar to skull and are immovable.

Our peculiar institution was a euphemism for slavery and the  economic ramifications of it in the American South. The proper use  of the expression is always possessive. It â¦ was popular during the  first half of the 19th century as the word slavery was no longer  proper to use.

He also dicredits theories which trace the origin of caste system in races and emphasizes that Endogamy is the main and peculiar feature of the caste system. [non-primary source needed] Caste politics

What makes the charred bodies in the photos of spontaneous human combustion so peculiar is that the extremities often remain intact. Although the torso and head are charred beyond recognition, the hands, feet, and/or part of the legs may be unburned.

2 adj If something is peculiarto a particular thing, person, or situation, it belongs or relates only to that thing, person, or situation. oft ADJ to n (=unique). The problem is by no means peculiar to America.

HSB is a peculiar color space where the Hue value is represented by degrees, and can wrap around from 359Â° back to 0Â°. Saturation and Brightness values are represented with integers from 0 to 100, or percentages.

Luna and Ginny Weasley were in the same year at Hogwarts, though in different houses; Ginny was in Gryffindor whereas Luna was in Ravenclaw. Ginny seemed to find Luna rather peculiar, as she first referred to Luna as Loony Lovegood (though in an affectionate way).

an infectious disease characterized by catarrh of the respiratory tract and peculiar paroxysms of coughing, ending in a prolonged crowing or whooping respiration; the causative organism is Bordetella pertussis. Called also pertussis.

Homeless Woman has suddenly turned into a meme -- a phenomenon peculiar to the Internet, in which something is repeated endlessly, and futilely. Fans want to know who Homeless Woman is. Creator Kurt Sutter is offering no clues ...

The active shooter moves rapidly from one victim to the next. Modell speculates that the contrast is rooted in the peculiar form of abuse each suffers. The serial killer is a victim of physical/sexual/emotional abuse.

Children of Atom (sometimes referred to as the Church of the Children of Atom or rad eaters by certain residents of Far Harbor) is a peculiar religion built around the worship of radiation and nuclear annihilation as vehicles of creation and life.

In the right bronchus the cartilages vary in number from six to eight; in the left, from nine to twelve. They are shorter and narrower than those of the trachea, but have the same shape and arrangement. The peculiar tracheal cartilages are the first and the last (Fig. 961).

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  speciality(Noun) That in which one specialises; a chosen expertise or talent. 2  speciality(Noun) An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.

Answer: This peculiar acronym expression is a funny expression of distaste. TMI stands for too much information!. It is the same as saying I didn't need to hear that or that is taboo or obnoxious for you to share that. An example of TMI expression usage:

Hester looked by way of humouring the child; and she saw that, owing to the peculiar effect of this convex mirror, the scarlet letter was represented in exaggerated and gigantic proportions, so as to be greatly the most prominent feature of her appearance.

And yet, the town of Gettysburg, in both the peculiar fact of its location, and, even more, in the fatal constraints the town placed on the options and maneuvers of the Army of Northern Virginia, which was, throughout the battle, the enormous but silent partner of Union victory.

The peculiar stroke symptoms due to carotid artery blockage, include, inability to lift one side of the body, inability to speak, no control, or weakness in facial muscles, dizziness, severe headaches etc.

Schizotypal personality disorder is one of a group of conditions informally thought of as eccentric personality disorders. People with these disorders often appear odd or peculiar. They also may display unusual thinking patterns and behaviors.

SLAVERY. Texas was the last frontier of slavery in the United States. In fewer than fifty years, from 1821 to 1865, the Peculiar Institution, as Southerners called it, spread over the eastern two-fifths of the state.

As galaxies gradually came to be understood as collections of stars like our Milky Way, the peculiar properties of some galaxies gained interest. In the 1940s and 1950s research into active galaxies took off seriously.

The definition of a prerogative is an exclusive right or a privilege. An example of prerogative is the ability of a citizen in the United States to choose whether or not to vote. prerogative. a prior or exclusive right or privilege, esp. one peculiar to a rank, class, etc. prerogative.

Synonyms of quirk from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, with definitions, antonyms, and related words. Find a better way to say it. an odd or peculiar habit Synonyms: crotchet, curiosity, eccentricityâ¦

Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all. Idioms According to Webster's Dictionary, an idiom is defined as: peculiar to itself either grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements.

But while Jung sensed that there were new levels yet to be understood in the structure of the psyche, but he could not fathom exactly what they were. However, in the fall of 1913, not long after his break with Freud, Jung became plagued with peculiar and deeply disturbing dreams.

The cable guy has an unhealthy need to be Steven's friend, and he pursues that goal with behavior designed to scare anyone. He's a stalker. He's obnoxious and peculiar and inappropriate and relentless, and we start disliking him, and that's when the movie jumps the rails.

It kind of stinks. When astronauts return from space walks and remove their helmets, they are welcomed back with a peculiar smell. And also: welding fumes. (What Space Smells Like ). Space, Jones elaborated, smells a little like gunpowder.

See a doctor.: Persistent lymph node swelling associated with other symptoms can be serious. The peculiar symptoms that occur with drinking could be hodgkin lymphoma. Other less serious causes could be the reason, but given what you describe you need to see a physician.

A-type or anorogenic granites are formed above volcanic hot spot activity and have a peculiar mineralogy and geochemistry. These granites are formed by the melting of the lower crust under conditions that are usually extremely dry.

In the great majority of aquatic animals (invertebrates and fish), fertilization is external, with the ejected eggs and spermatozoa meeting because of the motion of the water. Reproduction by division and budding is peculiar to aquatic animals alone.

This Friday (June 17) marks the 39th anniversary of the break-in of the Democratic National Party headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, and somehow this scandal gave birth to a peculiar recipe: Watergate Salad.

[inÂ´dÅl] a compound obtained from coal tar and indigo and produced by decomposition of tryptophan in the intestine, where it contributes to the peculiar odor of feces. It is excreted in the urine in the form of indican.

Every Day is a peculiar book with a very original theme - a book about a character who wakes up in the body of a different person every day. One day A, our main protagonist, might be a boy who treats his girlfriend badly, another day A might wake up as a girl addicted to drugs ...

Obie Well-Known Member. The past presidential election is the first time I heard the term vet or vetting a candidate. What does it mean? A background check thingie I'm sure; but that's a peculiar word for it.

The honour of baronetcy is one of the most peculiar and, on the whole, little-understood hereditary honours in the Britain, yet this illustrious organisation of hereditary knights, whose predecessors actions were enough to merit honour (though not quite enough for a peerage) faces continuing threat of demise.

: a word or expression that has a precise meaning in some uses or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or subject. : expression of a specified kind. : a limited or definite extent of time. : to apply a term to : call, name.

Rayon is one of the most peculiar fabrics in commercial use today. Strictly speaking, it is not an artificial fiber, because it is derived from naturally occurring cellulose. It is not, however, a natural fabric, because cellulose requires extensive processing to become rayon.

Good to the Last Drop, the Maxwell House slogan, which ran for decades, is one of the most familiar commercial slogans in American history. subject of this post is a peculiar association of Maxwell House with Theodore Teddy Roosevelt.

But because the reader may be curious to have some idea of the style and manner of expression peculiar to that people, as well as to know the article upon which I recovered my liberty, I have made a translation of the whole instrument, word for word, as near as I was able, which I here offer to the public.

Similarly, a Select Committee of the House of Lords concluded in 1843 that the distinctions between libel and slander as well as the distinction between regular slander and slander per se, which are quite peculiar to the Law of England, do not rest on any solid Foundation.

Slavery in Pre-Revolution America. In the 13 mainland colonies of British North America, slavery was not the peculiar institution of the South. This development would occur after the American Revolution and during the first decades of the 19th century.

Even if Scorpio by birth is on the top of a social ladder, he often doomed to live suffering as it was, for example, with the wife of French king, Louis. She was hanged. There is such quality incorporated in the personality of this sign that is not peculiar for any other. It is self-destruction.

O-Lan Jones is an American actress. Jones portrayed Esmeralda in Edward Scissorhands , Sue-Ann Norris in Mars Attacks!, and Shelley in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

To that end, one of the most common misconceptions is that slavery was a uniquely or distinctively Southern institution prior to the American Revolution. In the 13 mainland colonies of British North America, slavery was not the peculiar institution of the South.

Property Clause, the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, the Takings. Clause, and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, each in its turn, to reveal the peculiar and fractured nature of constitutional property.

The Cluster A personality disorders are characterized by odd or eccentric behavior. Individuals with the personality disorders in this cluster tend to experience major disruptions in relationships because their behavior may be perceived as peculiar, suspicious or detached.

Distilled water helps remove inorganic minerals from your body. All of these foods have acidic reactions in the body because of their peculiar mineral content. Diets should be corrected by eating at least 75% vegetables and fruit each and every day.

more in this edition the fragmentary and jerky arrangement the intricate style and a peculiar and often purely conventional terminology seriously checked the diffusion of the work which accordingly was little studied in italy and remained almost unknown to the rest of europe

The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges as, a fundamental law. It, therefore, belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body.

a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine. A suffumigation of sandarach1100 with galbanum, or goats fat, will drive away Scorpions and every other reptile.

Blog. A must for anyone with an interest in the changing face of language. The Macmillan Dictionary blog explores English as it is spoken around the world today. Definition and synonyms of peculiar from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Publishers Limited.

Pickle Cravings, Dizziness & Vertigo. by Brian Carter, MS, LAc. I read the article about cravings, mainly because I was doing a search to see if I could locate something on cravings. I've had a peculiar one for the past two days...for PICKLE JUICE.

that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and so within board, when the ship rides at anchor. a. 1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.

Hypnic jerks are associated with a rapid heartbeat, quickened breathing, sweat, and sometimes a peculiar sensory feeling of 'shock' or 'falling into the void.'. A higher occurrence is reported in people with irregular sleep schedules.

to reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be. Annihilate (verb). to destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees.

Acrocyanosis is a rare condition where blood does not receive enough oxygen and causes the extremities to turn a bluish color. Read this lesson to learn more about the causes, symptoms, and possible treatment options for this peculiar condition!

Sentence Examples. Â» more... In these lectures he expounded his peculiar views in a stricter form, and during the last decade of his life he embodied the substance of those courses in his System der Philosophie, of which only two volumes have appeared (vol.

What is exactly the difference between being a colony and being a territory? August 21, 2012. By Kevin Stoda. As many of my readers know, this week I am with my family on the island of Guam and am fascinated by its history and its peculiar relationship with the rest of the United Sates.

...Reaction Paper: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Brad Pitt is Benjamin Button, a man who was born under most peculiar circumstances. when Ben was born he had all the physical attributes of an 80 year old man.

But all this might remain inadequately estimated, were not something said here of the peculiar usages of whaling-vessels when meeting each other in foreign seas, and especially on a common cruising-ground. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context.

161. 2. we may ... Sundays, Ophelia only means, I think, that the queen may with peculiar propriety on Sundays, when she solicits pardon for the crime which she has so much occasion to rue and repent of, call her 'rue' herb of grace ... (Malone).

Types of Weird and Unusual Scholarships. There are many unusual scholarships available to the intrepid student, and it would take a dissertation to outline each and every one of them. However, we can take the time to look at a few of these unique and often times peculiar avenues of financial aid.

In this first lecture I shall be concerned to refute a theory which is widely held, and which I formerly held myself: the theory that the essence of everything mental is a certain quite peculiar something called consciousness, conceived either as a relation to objects, or as a pervading quality of psychical phenomena.

It is only your due that I should now thank you for treating me with great forbearance at a time when forbearance was mercy. No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context. I have already recognized you as a lady in embarrassed circumstances, who has peculiar claims on my consideration and forbearance.

The only major things that pop out at me about the Nitram family is their peculiar wings, and their animal control. Both of which are outliers to the system. I will cover their wings in my olive blood post some time in the future, but for now, I want to concentrate on animal control.

idiosyncrasy (plural idiosyncrasies) A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person. A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group. (medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.

/perÂ·tusÂ·sis/ (per-tusÂ´is) whooping cough; an infectious disease caused by Bordetella pertussis, marked by catarrh of the respiratory tract and peculiar paroxysms of cough, ending in a prolonged crowing or whooping respiration.

Your understanding of coral snake predation is a bit off. Venom is not the same thing as poison. This link has some more information on the particular,and peculiar, form of mimicry that coral snakes exhibit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_snake...

At the beginning of his lectures, Harvey laid down the canons for his guidance:  1 To show as much as may be at a glance, the whole belly for instance, and afterwards to subdivide the parts according to their positions and relations. 2  To point out what is peculiar to the actual body which is being dissected.

High Wire Act: DIY Shower Curtain Rod. While researching replacement shower rods for our clawfoot bathtub we spotted this peculiar shower curtain system. It doesn't exactly appeal to us but there is something intriguing nonetheless...

As a person, the naco may display a general lack of refinement by adopting a gangster mentality, unrefined verbal expressions or slang, peculiar accents, lack of social manners, or comically bad taste.

Hinduism however dominates all the other religions because of its wide-spread presence (in terms of geographic area) and number of followers. One of the most peculiar characteristic features of Hinduism is that it observes many festivals encompassing celebrations, festivity and fasts.

Communism characteristics are peculiar. As a government form, some characteristics of Communism are benefits. These are helpful for the development of any nation. Some characteristics of Communism can be demerits that hamper with its functioning. These disadvantages have to be overcome for any nation to run efficiently.

Brugada Syndrome was first described in 1992 in a series of patients with sudden death who had similar, peculiar electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities. It was later found that many of these patients had abnormal function of their sodium ion channels.

A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on. 2. The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language.

Tom Brakefield/Stockbyte/Getty Images. The peculiar armadillo's strong and flexible shell is unlike the exterior of any other animal on the planet. They have to move quickly on land, so their shells cannot impede their movement, and they must be light and flexible.

This particular virus also has a peculiar problem in that calves that are infected in-utero while their immune system is still at the stage where it is working out what is self and what is non-self will not recognize the virus as a virus and will never eliminate it - they will excrete it for the rest of their lives.

No senators represent more than 600,000 Washington residents and the delegate in the House -- Holmes Norton -- is not able to vote on the passage of legislation. Emancipation Day will seem a little peculiar for a city that remains under the thumbs of Congress, Holmes Norton said.

Not so their emir, Fedallah -- a muffled mystery to the last. Whence he came; by what sort of unaccountable tie he soon evinced himself to be linked with Ahab's peculiar fortunes; what sort of influence, or authority even, he projected over Ahab -- Heaven knows.

Emotional Intelligence Is the Other Kind of Smart. When emotional intelligence first appeared to the masses in 1995, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time.

loÂ·calÂ·ism. a way of acting characteristic of one locality; local custom, practice, or mannerism. a word, meaning, expression, pronunciation, etc. peculiar to one locality. fondness for a particular locality. narrow outlook; provincialism.

regionalism. 1  the division of a country into small administrative regions. 2  regional quality or character. 3  devotion to one's own geographical region. 4  a word, custom, etc. peculiar to a specific region.

strange, singular, unique, peculiar, eccentric, erratic, odd, quaint, outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable.

Pecuniary might seem like a peculiar word for talking about money, but it all adds up when you learn that it was the worth of the cattle, or pecÅ« in Latin, that gave pecuniary its meaning. In Roman times, livestock served as money in making transactions.

â¦vesicles and pass to the Golgi apparatus, separate membrane-bounded organelles that contain at least three subcompartments. Some of the proteins are retained in the subcompartments of the Golgi, where they are utilized for functions peculiar to that organelle.

Gentiles (Heb., usually in plural, goyim), meaning in general all nations except the Jews. In course of time, as the Jews began more and more to pride themselves on their peculiar privileges, it acquired unpleasant associations, and was used as a term of contempt.

The Riddle of the Leaning Tower. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the bell tower of the Cathedral. It has become renowned the world over for its peculiar inclination, but even without it's famous fault the Leaning Tower would still be one of most remarkable architectural structures in Europe.

Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities that are not heterosexual or cisgender.riginally meaning strange or peculiar, queer came to be deployed pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late- 19th century.

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An interesting consequence of this peculiar feature of water is that the temperature of water at the bottom of a lake in the winter is almost always 4 degrees C, since the densest water will settle to the bottom -- if it gets any colder or warmer, it will rise.

At the Aquarium, we feed some of our sea stars pieces of fish and shrimp, but the majority of our sea stars feed on detritus, which helps to keep our exhibits clean. Sea stars have a peculiar way of eating.

Drink is not the only thing to which I am ad-dicted, he said. Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context. The minister gave out the hymn, and read it through with a relish, in a peculiar style which was much ad-mired in that part of the country.

Believe it or not, there are many people who do call these unconventional creatures their pets. Find out which ones are the most popular of the ever-growing exotic pet trend, and learn what it really takes to care for these 10 peculiar pets. 10. Capybara.

Wish That You Were Here. Florence + The Machine 'Wish That You Were Here' written for Tim Burton - Official Page's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, is out today Listen on Spotify http://po.st/QV1p82, orâ¦.

No; not through any failure; not through any of the accidents which will happen in all medical practice. The Guardians over at Dirkham meet to-morrow to elect their medical officer. The medical practice of the chief was peculiar; but either in consequence of it, or in spite of it, the sick man got well.

If your sushi is bad then you get a very peculiar smell of stinking. If get to know immediately as sushi which is a raw fish wrapped in seaweed starts giving you bad smell and the fish becomes very soft. Keep the thaw fish in a refrigerator.

distinctiveness, specialness, specialty, peculiarity. individualism, individuality, individuation - the quality of being individual; so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality. foible, idiosyncrasy, mannerism - a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual.

First, almost any place has wings at least this good anymore, especially given their prices. Second, their stupid policy of going to weight instead of # of wings - STUPID. Third - and this is peculiar to this particular BW3 - no drink specials - EVER. Yeah, really.

There also was a young man wearing a Mumford and Sons shirt, but he was the only real anomaly. There should be nothing peculiar about people wearing shirts for other arena rock bands at a concert by an arena rock band, but the case for Rush is different.

What is military etiquette? Military etiquette is the set of courtesies and customs that are peculiar to the military. They cover a broad range, and provide the protocol to follow when addressing, workinâ¦g with and socializing between senior and subordinate military personnel.

Waxy corn (maize) was found in China in 1909. As this plant showed many peculiar traits, the American breeders long used it as a genetic marker to tag the existence of hidden genes in other maize breeding programs.

Miscellaneous Details.  1 This well-known animal abounds throughout all India, and its habits are too well known to require much notice. There is, however, another, a very peculiar call, only uttered by the jackal, it is believed, when a tiger or leopard is in the neighbourhood, and certainly uttered upon such occasions.

Dear Jolene: Cooties in the sense of an intangible profusion of vileness emanating from an especially loathsome individual is probably peculiar to this country. However, cooties in the original sense of body lice is known to most speakers of English.

While the compromise on representation was a critical turning point at the Convention, the issue of slavery was just as important. While Northerners were, to varying degrees, opposed to the South's peculiar institution, Southerners believed that their economic well-being depended on the slave trade.

Trypo-phobia (fear of holes in the skin) is caused by psychological conditions. Trypophobia is a peculiar fear of holes that a few individuals have. They are anxious about the possibility that they will fall into these holes until everlasting time or is exceptionally dark inside these holes.

Enlightened at last, Ewing joined in the applause, amid which Chalmers resumed his seat. In his impetuosity, we find the rationale of much that is peculiar in the style of Dr. Chalmers. They are the same views substantially as those he afterwards maintained in the pamphlet mentioned by Mr. Chalmers in the text.

There is more about the symbol on our Coat of Arms: The triangular flag at the fess point, was an ancient flag of the Hawaiian chiefs which was raised at sea, above the sail of their canoes, and the sail at that time being of a peculiar construction, it presented a very beautiful appearance.

suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress. 2. belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: Each played his appropriate part. verb (used with object), appropriated, appropriating.

These peculiar clouds form much, much higher up than other types of clouds. Odd electrical discharges akin to lightning, called sprites and ELVES, occasionally appear in the mesosphere dozens of kilometers (miles) above thunderclouds in the troposphere below.

Character (noun). a distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. Character (noun). style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character.

Waistbeads Among The Yoruba. THE use of beads especially waist beads in Nigeria is widespread across the various nationalities that make up the nation. There are similarities and peculiarities in their usage. However, the Yorubas developed the most varying and peculiar uses for waist beads.

The most prominent Greek oligarchy, and the state with which democratic Athens is most often and most fruitfully compared, was Sparta. Yet Sparta, in its rejection of private wealth as a primary social differentiator, was a peculiar kind of oligarchy and some scholars note its resemblance to democracy.

A colloquium, as much as I know, is the simple and informal way of adressing/interacting with audience within an academic environment, while seminar simply connotes the formal way of presenting a paper or teaching audience in a particular field what is peculiar to them.

French researcher Victor T. Junod was the first to describe symptoms of narcosis in 1834, noting the functions of the brain are activated, imagination is lively, thoughts have a peculiar charm and, in some persons, symptoms of intoxication are present.

Writing an Interesting Narrative Essay Introduction. Narrative essay assignments are quite flexible in the style of writing. This peculiar feature of a narrative has its own advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that you will get to experiment as much as you want using your creativity while handling a narrative assignment.

The noun FOIBLE has 2 senses: 1. a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual. 2. the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip. Familiarity information: FOIBLE used as a noun is rare.

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.. I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.. Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision..

What you should know about vitamins & minerals Years ago, medical professionals noticed that peculiar disease states were directly related to food intake. These diseases were found in the presence of adequate calorie and protein intake.

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus: Word Count - The phrase out of pocket is being used in peculiar ways, as in My housekeeper has injured her leg and will be out of pocket for a while. Merrill Perlman investigates how the expression means different things in different contexts.

Definition of specificity. : the quality or condition of being specific: such asa : the condition of being peculiar to a particular individual or group of organisms host specificity of a parasiteb : the condition of participating in or catalyzing only one or a few chemical reactions the specificity of an enzyme.

By Richard McCuistian. The Central Sequential Fuel Injection Cam sensor on late model Chevys (except the new 5.3L), is mounted in that peculiar little plastic distributor housing and produces one pulse per camshaft revolution.

In other words to be good at (or do well at) rational activities makes human beings happy, signifying that they have achieved their peculiar function, according to Aristotle. Presumably, however, to say that happiness is the chief good seems a platitude, and a clearer account of what it is still desired.

Later, as you pull into the drive, you sense something peculiar. Letting your car idle, you pull the dipstick out of your auto transmission. Fresh automatic transmission fluid (ATF) is bright red and has a distinct petroleum smell.

finds a peculiar and evanescent home that reflected the. Her metaphor combined such varied references as the grammar of dance, the power of crowds, the relations between words and pictures, and the conflicts between the photographic and the inscribed trace, the permanent and the evanescent.

Instead, the child seems to exist in his or her own world, a place characterized by repetitive routines, odd and peculiar behaviors, problems in communication, and a total lack of social awareness or interest in others. These are characteristics of a developmental disorder called autism.

The original Mini Cooper occupies a peculiar place in automotive history. The Volkswagen Beetle, a car of a similar time period, sold about five times as well as the British car, even though it was built for four decades.

For years I had a peculiar reaction to salmon: I threw up the oil. Just the oil. Every time. In the past several years, I have been able to greatly reduce this by only eating wild salmon, which makes me think that it was the oil in the farmed salmon that was the culprit.

Dragonflies do rest at night. They're not fully asleep as we think of it, but, are still aware of their surrounding, although they're sluggish and would respond very slowly while in torpor. So, in a sense, they sleep in a way peculiar to dragonflies, but, not as humans define sleep.

Donald Trump is now the presumptive frontrunner for the GOP nomination, attracting nearly half of Republican support, in the latest national poll. The peculiar allure of the Trump Brand has been documented, mocked, admired, and mourned.

A browse through the Physical Constants of Organic Compounds in the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (a fundamental resource) will reveal not just the whimsical work of chemists, but the sometimes peculiar compound names that occur as the consequence of simple juxtaposition.

A peculiar type of sand dunes that resembles a dome with plenty of crests on its back. The domed dunes are different from Stars in the fact that they have no arms and are covered with crested dunes all over its back while stars may have smooth arms with slipfaces.

Cellulose is a linear polysaccharide polymer with many glucose monosaccharide units. The acetal linkage is beta which makes it different from starch. This peculiar difference in acetal linkages results in a major difference in digestibility in humans.

When reviewing a contract, certain language or clauses within the contract are likely to seem peculiar to a non-lawyer. The purpose of this article is to help explain the purpose and effect language and provisions frequently included in contracts. Merger and Integration Clause.

The definition of idiosyncratic is quirky or peculiar, or the temperament which is unique to an individual. 1  An example of an idiosyncratic person is someone who does a lot of out of the ordinary things. 2  An example of an idiosyncratic trait is the way a person always deals with disappointment.

This review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was written by. Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are conducted by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners.

The Year Without a Summer, a peculiar 19th century disaster, played out during 1816 when weather in Europe and North America took a bizarre turn that resulted in widespread crop failures and even famine. The weather in 1816 was unprecedented.

Cockney Rhyming Slang. A peculiar kind of slang, known as Cockney rhyming slang, evolved in England. Its distinguishing mark is the use of paired words, or compound phrases, in which the last word rhymes with the word that is actually meant.

Cobbler is different from pie because it has a single crust. Cobblers can also be made into many shapes giving more freedom to the pastry chef. Oval, circle and rectangle dishes can all be used to make cobblers. Another peculiar characteristic is its filling placement.

Statutes and case law have adapted the term willful to the particular circumstances of action and inaction peculiar to specific areas of the law, including tort law, criminal law, workers' compensation, and Unemployment Compensation.

I had never really heard many half-snorts before. Snorts, yes, and silence. But what do you make of an audience that has no idea how to react? Black Snake Moan is the oddest, most peculiar movie I've seen about sex and race and redemption in the Deep South.

Peculiar Ribs. The first, second, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth ribs present certain variations from the common characteristics described above, and require special consideration. FIG. 123 A central rib of the left side, viewed from behind.

(plural idiosyncrasies) 1  A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person. 2  A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group. ( medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.

Here their progress was less interrupted; and the instant the guide perceived that the females could command their steeds, he moved on, at a pace between a trot and a walk, and at a rate which kept the sure- footed and peculiar animals they rode at a fast yet easy amble.

In clinical trials using combination therapy with NEXIUM plus amoxicillin and clarithromycin, no adverse events peculiar to these drug combinations were observed. Adverse events that occurred have been limited to those that had been observed with either NEXIUM, amoxicillin, or clarithromycin alone.

Sore Throat. A sore throat affects a person in many ways and the symptoms vary from one individual to another. Accordingly some describe the peculiar symptoms of the disorder as a burning sensation, while others feel a tickling or scratchy sensation in the throat.

Catechin-Catechin is a tannin peculiar to green tea because the black tea fermentation process reduces catechins in black tea. Catechin is a powerful, water soluable polyphenol and antioxidant that is easily oxidized.

Because of this, a peculiar situation arises as there is no common consensus either in politics or elsewhere as to which name is preferred; the city council is officially known as Derry, but the city is officially recognised as Londonderry by the Northern Ireland Executive and the UK government.

Meaning to touch lightly so as to cause a peculiar and uneasy sensation is recorded from late 14c.; that of to poke or touch so as to excite laughter is from early 15c.; figurative sense of to excite, amuse is attested from 1680s.

Prognosis for Hydronephrosis with Peculiar Facies: If the condition is diagnosed early then kidney failure and damage to the upper urinary tract can be avoided. The unusual facial expression is present at infancy and this should prompt further investigation and diagnosis.

localism. A word or expression that is only used in a particular place. Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend: Switch to new thesaurus . Noun: 1. localism - a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality

What kind of berries: There may be peculiar side effects of each type of berry. In general side effects may include, allergic reactions, too much sugar intake that may upset a diet or diabetes control, diarrhea, and infections if berries are contaminated. ...Read more

(r) occupational disease means a disease prescribed by regulations under section 90 of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act and another disease peculiar to or characteristic of a particular industrial process, trade or occupation;

Halle Berry Explains What 'Extant' Means. The star of the new CBS summer drama talks to THR about the peculiar title, while some of her co-stars are less sure about its meaning. Extant has caused some confusion among castmembers.

Some patients with Machado-Joseph disease will have symptoms similar to those of Parkinson's disease, while others will have twitching of the face or tongue, or peculiar bulging eyes. The severity of Machado-Joseph disease is related to the age that the disease first appears.

Answer: Gulliver's Travels examines human nature through a misanthropic lens and through satire examines the changes English society was undergoing. The tale depicts the journey of Lemuel Gulliver, an Englishman, and his peculiar encounters.

Regardless of such homologies, it seems clear that the sex determination systems of the Hymenoptera reflect in many ways the peculiar life histories and conditions of individual species. In the space that follows, we discuss these peculiarities and the models which explain them to one degree or another.

Atmosphere, service and great food. These are three things that any restaurant needs in order to make repeat costumers. And Peculiar Drive in has all three in s...pades. First and foremost is the service. I have never been to a restaurant that has had this friendly of a staff.

Functions of a Promoter. The definitions cited above clearly brings out the peculiar functions of a typical promoter. They are as follows: 1. Promotion of an Idea: It is the promoter who has to conceive the idea of forming a company. This is the first step towards the formation of a company.

The peculiar figure of Mexican charro is a symbol of our nationality. From one perspective, historical figure of the Mexican charro, dating back to colonial times, when the estates of mixed farming economy, known as estancias or ranches originated.

having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes Bitter (verb) causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day

In sociolinguistics, an accent is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation. An accent may identify the locality in which its speakers reside, the socio-economic status of its speakers, their ethnicity, their caste or social class, their first language, and so on.

Strictly speaking, a Samaritan would be an inhabitant of the city of Samaria, but the term was applied to all the people of the kingdom of Israel. After the captivity of Israel, B.C. 721, and in our Lords time, the name was applied to a peculiar people whose origin was in this wise.

At the root of the hysterical fear of premature burial was the fact that physicians recognized, and patients suffered, a number of peculiar conditions characterized by immobility and insensibility, and known variously as trance, catalepsy, cataplexy, and suspended animation.

There is not much difference between belly and side. They are both lean cuts and either can become bacon. (Also note that the jowl area is sometimes made into bacon.) Most probably the difference between side pork and pork belly has more to do with geographical idioms than anything peculiar about the pig. 297 Posts.

@FumbleFingers, that's asking about the (mis)use of gravy to mean tomato sauce, which is a practice that's peculiar to a specific segment of Italian immigrants to the USA. While it's an interesting footnote, it's hardly definitive with regard to the usual uses of the words sauce and gravy.

Both the design and construction of a facility must satisfy the conditions peculiar to a specific site. Because each project is site specific, its execution is influenced by natural, social and other locational conditions such as weather, labor supply, local building codes, etc.

This is a question which has no definite answer as, unlike it would appear with Stewie, Brian can be understood by every character in Family Guy, despite his slight disadvanta â¦ ge of being a dog. Another peculiar aspect of Brians character is that he is attracted to, and dates, humans.

The Peculiar Institution  is slavery. Its history in America begins with the earliest European settlements and ends with the Civil War. Yet its echo continues to reverberate loudly. Slavery existed both in the north and in the South, at times in equal measure.

Well, for one, it has the vital chemical compound allicin, which is a wonderful therapeutic ingredient with many medicinal qualities. The allicin compound contains sulfur, which gives the herb its pungent savor and peculiar smell. The health benefits of garlic are innumerable.

3. (with to) exclusive to, particular to, peculiar to, found only in, characteristic of, typical of This interesting and charming creature is unique to Borneo. Usage: Unique with the meaning `being the only one' or `having no equal' describes an absolute state: a case unique in British law.

The electric effluvia differ much from air, and as air is the earth's effluvium, so electric bodies have their own distinctive effluvia; and each peculiar effluvium has its own individual power of leading to union, its own movement to its origin, to its fount, and to the body emitting the effluvium.

idiomatic. 1  peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect: idiomatic French. 2  containing or using many idioms. 3  having a distinct style or character, especially in the arts: idiomatic writing; an idiomatic composer.

The law of nations is a peculiar kind of law and it is generally settled by recourse to powder and shot.. That war is a  great evil  was readily conceded by Justice Foster in the Case of Pressing Mariners. But, he added, it is chosen to avoid a greater ..

of or relating to the body: physical exercise. of or relating to that which is material: the physical universe; the physical sciences. noting or pertaining to the properties of matter and energy other than those peculiar to living matter. pertaining to the physical sciences, especially physics.

intrinsic host determinants. characteristics peculiar to the host that affect the spread and occurrence of a disease. intrinsic nerve. some evidence exists for the presence of autonomous nerves, without connection to the CNS, in the adventitia of small arteries and arterioles.

From a psychological point of view, philosophy is an attitude, an approach, or a calling to answer or to ask, or even to comment upon certain peculiar problems (i.e., specifically the kinds of problems usually relegated to the main branches discussed below in Section II).

When in Madagascar, you'll be urged to try the national snack: Koba, a pate of rice, banana, and peanut. Unless you're a fan of that peculiar combination of flavors, skip the Koba and order one of the island's famous seafood salads.

(The quotation marks will suggest to some people that you are using that word in a special or peculiar way and that you really mean something elseor that your sale is entirely bogus.). Quotation marks used around words to give special effect or to indicate irony are usually unnecessary.

1 Remind your child that you and only you and their doctor are allowed to look at or touch their private parts. If you notice anything peculiar about their genitals, it could be a serious warning sign of molestation. 2  MASTURBATION: When your child discovers masturbation, observe its intensity.

As a kid, you probably only knew malt as the mysterious ingredient in Whoppers, the coveted movie theatre candy. Later, it might have become part of your drinking vernacular: Whiskeys can be malt or single malt.. That these guilty pleasures can have anything in common may seem peculiar.

These include 'general conditions' which are common to all types of contracts, as well as 'special conditions' which are peculiar to a specific contract (such as, contract change conditions, payment conditions, price variation clauses, penalties). You also might like... Jeffrey Glen. Ensure vs. Insure.

in sponge (animal): Sexual reproduction. ...egg by a spermatozoan is peculiar in sponges in that a spermatozoan, after its release from a sponge, is carried by the water current until it is captured by a specialized flagellated cell called a choanocyte, or collar cell, in another sponge.

Best Answer: The function of a human being is to be good at acting in accordance with reason. In other words to be good at (or do well at) rational activities makes human beings happy, signifying that they have achieved their peculiar function, according to Aristotle. Quote:-. ARISTOTLE:

The first Globe, based on the skeleton of the original Theatre of 1576, was unique not just as the most famous example of that peculiar and short-lived form of theatre design but because it was actually the first to be built specifically for an existing acting company and financed by the company itself.

The Failure of the Luddites. How the Luddites harmed the future of working class struggle in England. Supposedly laughed out of history along with the Technocrats according to Henry Hazlitt, Luddism was a peculiar movement that emerged in the 19th century English Midlands.

When compared to those in the rest of the country, Oklahoma home insurance quotes are surprisingly high. In a state where the cost of living is relatively low, it might seem a bit peculiar to find home insurance rates that are more comparable to those in California than to those in Kentucky.

any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain. These commissures are the anterior commissure, the fornix, and the corpus callosum, the two latter being peculiar to Mammalia. The corpus callosum is not formed till after the anterior commissure and fornix.

While many of the regular rules of the FLSA apply to fire protection employees, there are some special rules, as well. These include special 7(k) work periods which may increase the FLSA overtime thresholds, and some peculiar regulations governing sleep time..

Speciality(noun) see Specialty, 3. Speciality(noun) the special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty.

Green Poop is a peculiar condition that affects many children and adults the world over. Know all about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Green Poop and get many more information about the disorder. It is a condition in which stools become green in color or have a greenish tinge.

Although Jamaica is described as a bilingual country with Standard Jamaican English (SJE) and Jamaican Creole (JC) being the two languages in operation, the fluid nature of language. usage between these languages, as well as the peculiar nature of the linguistic relationship.

A bouquet of purple flowers traditionally represents acknowledgment for success and accomplishments. Throughout history, the color purple has been associated with royalty, dignity and admiration. There are several types of purple flowers that can become part of an admiration bouquet, from peculiar to common.

By a happy mingling of reasoning and intuition peculiar to her sex she found gold at her first descent, and emerged after three hours' submersion with about two hundredweight of ore containing gold in the unparalleled quantity of seventeen ounces to the ton.

For every voluntary act of sight there are two adjustments of the eyes, namely, focal and axial. Visual Illusions Matthew Luckiesh. Axellipsis is a peculiar genus differing from Cenellipsis in an axial rod, which corresponds to the minor or equatorial axis.

Not a Bumble bee mimic: it is in fact a bumblebee - Bombus hortorum (long horselike face - where spotted along the railway track today. More than 20mm long it sported a long and peculiar looking 'proboscis' that can be seen in the second picture.

Some people say that spontaneous human combustion is just a regular fire that people can't be bothered to find the cause for, that could have been avoided through basic fire safety. Others say that it's just a peculiar shift of our internal chemistry, that can happen to anyone at any time.

The Mandela Effect. The Mandela Effect is a collective misremembering of a fact or event. Various theories have been proposed to explain what causes it, some more sensible than others. Human memory is a peculiar thing, at once astonishing in its scope and power and dismaying in its fallibility.

See List of construction industry reports since 1944 for more information. It is worth noting that criticism of construction is not peculiar to the UK, and that for example similar assessments have been made in the USA (ref Constructing the team: A US Perspective, King 1996).

What is Goya? Goya is bitter melon in Japanese. Although highlighted in the diet of Okinawa, it is not uncommon to be eaten in most parts of Japan. Unlike other fruits you are used to eating it comes with a peculiar bitterness, hence the name bitter melon. Goya Health Benefits

Certain duties of the sheriff at common law that are peculiar to the office and that characterize and distinguish the office are constitutionally protected from legislative interference, but the constitution does not prohibit all legislative change in the powers and duties of a sheriff as they existed at common law.

White Turquoise! Now there is a peculiar combination of words. Take the word turquoise. It has come to have two meanings, really. One is the sky-blue stone used in designer jewelry and also used extensively by Native American jewelers. The other meaning is now turquoise as in the color.

Another time as the graveyard shift came to the surface the men noticed a peculiar wavering light in the sky. The Pinos Altos Story Dorothy Watson. Not once had she hesitated or turned from the beaten trail, but she had gone down after the graveyard shift.

Definition of term. 1  1a : a word or expression that has a precise meaning in some uses or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or subject legal termsb terms plural : expression of a specified kind described in glowing terms.

Synonyms for specific in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for specific. 51 synonyms for specific: particular, special, characteristic, distinguishing, signature, peculiar, definite, especial, precise, exact, explicit, definite.... What are synonyms for specific?

Across the country, at preview screenings earlier this week of the new Amy Schumer/Goldie Hawn comedy Snatched, audiences received a brief, somewhat peculiar on-screen welcome from the stars. Thanks for coming! said Schumer and Hawn, in their own words.

It is the peculiar province, for instance, of a court of equity to relieve against what are called hard bargains: these are contracts in which, though there may have been no direct fraud or deceit, sufficient to invalidate them in a court of law, yet there may have been some undue and unconscionable advantage taken of the necessities or misfortunes ...

Likewise, we have evidence to believe that compatibilist intuitions are implicit in people's judgments on relevant matters, so that compatibilism captures relevant folk experience and this is another reason to regard it as peculiar to charge it as having been arrived at by moving goalposts.

Fuligo septica. Fuligo septica is a species of plasmodial slime mold, and a member of the Myxomycetes class. It is commonly known as the scrambled egg slime, or flowers of tan because of its peculiar yellowish, bile-colored appearance.

A Tie Mating. When the dog and bitch lock together, this is called a tie mating. This is peculiar to the canine race. Around twenty minutes is fairly normal for the dog and bitch to remain in this position, but it can vary from around ten minutes up to an hour.

Jennings McComb, for whom the town was named, was a contractor of the Southern Pacific Railroad. He built the Jennings depot on a divide peculiar to southwest Louisiana. The first settler was A. D. McFarlain, who came from St. Mary Parish, in 1881.

The opponent-process theory also helps explain why people can learn to enjoy some peculiar things. The appeal of monster movies and horror movies is an example. Horror movies are shocking at first, but after a while the shock is not so unpleasant and the aftereffect becomes more pleasant.

See also: Ocular migraine basics â¢ Do you need an appointment with an eye doctor? [Editor's note: All About Vision's ocular migraine article has inspired commentary and questions from readers who have searched far and wide for explanations about these peculiar vision symptoms.

noun, plural terminologies. 1. the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany. 2. the science of terms, as in particular sciences or arts. Origin of terminology.

transitional epithelium, how does it differ structurally from other stratified squamous epithelia? lining of the esophagus; lining of the stomach; alveolar sacs of lungs; tubules of the kidney; epidermis of the skin; lining of bladder; peculiar cells that have the ability to slide over each other

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word curious. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular(adj) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.

Descemet's membrane the posterior lining membrane of the cornea; it is a thin hyaline membrane between the substantia propria and the endothelial layer of the cornea. diphtheritic membrane the peculiar false membrane characteristic of diphtheria, formed by coagulation necrosis.

1 Transgression (geology) , a relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. 2  Transgression (genetics) , a peculiar case of heterosis, showing extreme phenotypes in a hybrid offspring.

Blue cheese is also identified by a peculiar smell that comes from the cultivated bacteria. The flavour of the cheese depends on the type of blue cheese, shape, size, climate of the curing and the length of ageing. But it generally tends to be sharp and salty.

Not yet released. When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that spans different worlds and times, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the mystery and danger deepen as he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.

an African custom, characteristic, or belief. a word, phrase, grammatical construction, or other feature originating in or peculiar to an African language. devotion to African customs, traditions, etc.; specif., advocacy of independence for African states or of Pan-Africanism.

The earliest evidence for life found so far is in a 3.8 billion-year-old rock, the Isua sediments, found in western Greenland. The evidence for life in these rocks does not come from fossilized remains, but from a peculiar chemical signature of living organisms.

aura. a peculiar sensation preceding the appearance of more definite symptoms. An epileptic aura precedes an epileptic seizure and may involve visual disturbances, dizziness, numbness, or any of a number of sensations which the patient may find difficult to describe exactly.

that which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman

Adults: Mole crickets have peculiar enlarged forelegs that are used for digging in the soil. The foretibiae have large blade-like projections, called dactyls, and the number and arrangement of dactyls are used to distinguish among species. These crickets bear antennae that are shorter than their bodies.

Famous Quotes From President Abraham Lincoln. In addition to being a famous President during the civil war, Abraham Lincoln was a great orator known for many famous quotes. Here is a partial list of some of his most memorable quotes. Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.

Phobias Of The Rich And Famous - ex : Tennis champ Andr Agassi has a phobia of spiders... Film director Alfred Hitchcock had a peculiar fear of eggs... Country star Lyle Lovett reportedly is afraid of cows..

Appropriate (adj) set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. Appropriate (verb) to take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit. Appropriate (verb)

peculiar. 1. Deviating from the customary: bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird. Slang: kooky, screwball.

He passed from the school at Kilkenny to Trinity College, Dublin (1700), where, owing to the peculiar subtlety of his mind and his determination to accept no doctrine on the evidence of authority or convention, he left the beaten track of study and was regarded by some as a dunce, by others as a genius.

I know not that any other author has hinted of the matter; but by inference it seems to me that the sturgeon must be divided in the same way as the whale, the King receiving the highly dense and elastic head peculiar to that fish, which, symbolically regarded, may possibly be humorously grounded upon some presumed congeniality.

The merchant recognized it instantly by its peculiar handle. Sometimes, he posed as a merchant, traveling the land with the caravans. A record of merchant seamen kept by the registrar-general of seamen. The merchant shook his head dazedly, but offered no word of protest.

It would be nice to have the word used in it's sentence/description so maybe someone can figure out the contextual meaning of the word, because at present whump means a thump or a thud. Source(s): http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dic... Something peculiar... Â· 9 years ago.

I am not now writing a treatise, but simply prefacing a somewhat peculiar narrative by observations very much at random; I will, therefore, take occasion to assert that the higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the unostentatious game of draughts than by a the elaborate frivolity of chess.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.. Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.. Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision..

For this is the peculiar name of this Holy Body, the Mother of all, which is the Spouse of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Catecheses, xviii, 26). The same inquiry needs to be made in exactly the same way today, for the name of the true Church of Christ has in no way been changed.

Wes Anderson's upcoming film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, centers around a mysterious death and a valuable painting. As if you'd expect any less from Anderson, the film is packed with an ensemble cast of peculiar characters portrayed by top actors.

a particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc.: a tone of command. 5. an accent peculiar to a person, people, locality, etc., or a characteristic mode of sounding words in speech.

The wild effects of the light enchained me to an examination of individual faces; and although the rapidity with which the world of light flitted before the window, prevented me from casting more than a glance upon each visage, still it seemed that, in my then peculiar mental state, I could frequently read, even in that brief interval of a glance, ...

But, you can stick much of Florida's peculiar form inside the state outline if you're kind enough to let bits of Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama in for whatever reason. A good portion of North and South Korea fit inside Texas, but the state is dwarfed when you put it inside China.

Example Sentences for malady. But she was attacked at once with grave and alarming symptoms, that betokened a fatal end to her malady. Cook himself was dangerously ill, though he concealed his malady from the crew. I had heard something regarding the peculiar nature of your malady, but I had no idea it was so marked as that.

36.000 Scope of part. This part prescribes policies and procedures peculiar to contracting for construction and architect-engineer services. It includes requirements for using certain clauses and standard forms that apply also to contracts for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements.

Degenerative adult scoliosis usually begins as low back pain. While there may also be a deformity that causes the back to look peculiar, usually it is pain that brings patients into the spine specialist's office. The pain is probably not coming from the curve.

1 a word, custom, etc. peculiar to a specific region. 2  Literature the usually realistic depiction in stories, plays, etc. of a particular region of a country, esp. a rural region, and of the influence of its history, customs, etc. on the lives of the characters.

A Knight Commander of the Court of Honour is a Scottish Rite rank peculiar to the Southern Jurisdiction, except that our Supreme Council has permitted the Supreme Council for the Philippines (part of our Jurisdiction until 1949) to continue the practice as one of their special honors bestowed.

To judge the position of the injection, the anaesthetist looks for muscle twitches in the arm. This is a peculiar sensation but it is completely safe. When the Anaesthetist is happy with the position of the needle, he or she injects some local anaesthetic. The arm and shoulder soon becomes heavy and numb.

On that evening, about an hour after sunset, Galileo pointed his home-built telescope towards Jupiter, and saw a peculiar sight: two tiny stars to the east of Jupiter, and one to the west, all arranged in a tight straight line along the ecliptic path with Jupiter itself.

Mr. Bean 1990 | TV Show Watchlist. Watch onHulu. A Britcom about a very peculiar and most endearing serial bungler became a cult hit when it first appeared on the BBC in 1989, and has developed a U.S. following through airings in the 1990s on HBO and PBS. `Mr.

The History of Monroe County, West Virginia book states that the waters, which have a temperature of 54 degrees, derive their name from a peculiar sulphur compound which is held on solution. It is separated in the form of a jelly by atmospheric air and also by acids.

Definition of wryneck. 1 : either of two Old World woodpeckers (Jynx torquilla or J. ruficollis) that differ from the typical woodpeckers in having soft tail feathers and a peculiar manner of writhing the neck. 2 : torticollis.

Scattered about are ancient farmhouses, villas and the remains of ancient civilizations. To the north of Bari is Ruvo di Puglia, with one of the most renowned Cathedrals in the region, famous for its peculiar architectural lines that are the result of a series of harmonious alterations and restorations.

Ensure that damage control units assign work. that is peculiar to a single department are under the. direct supervision of an officer from that department. 5. Provide for relief of personnel engaged in. difficult tasks, for battle messing, and for the transition. from one condition of readiness to another.

As a result of this peculiar boundary: - in the 1950's, when gambling and liquor-by-the-drink were legal in Maryland but not Virginia, Colonial Beach and Prince William County had slot machines located on boats docked in the river off the Virginia shoreline.

localism. 1  a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality. 2  a local custom. 3  excessive devotion to and promotion of the interests of a particular locality; sectionalism. 4  attachment to a particular locality.

The result: a readout of 5.874 ppm of total mercury, which is 14.68 times the health ministry's advisory level. Moronuki's response was peculiar: I was very happier to know that I have eaten so much fish which make me much healthier than meat-eating peoples..

Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions. advocacy of such a principle or system. a speech form, expression, custom, or other feature peculiar to or characteristic of a particular area. devotion to the interests of one's own region.

..religion is not innocent. But it does not ordinarily lead to violence. That happens only with the coalescence of a peculiar set of circumstances-political, social, and ideological-when religion becomes fused with violent expressions of social aspirations, personal pride, and movements for political change..

People with these disorders often appear odd or peculiar. People with schizoid personality disorder also tend to be distant, detached, and indifferent to social relationships. They generally are loners who prefer solitary activities and rarely express strong emotion.

Define idiom. idiom synonyms, idiom pronunciation, idiom translation, English dictionary definition of idiom. n. 1. A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of...

The two-part infinitive is disputed, however, and some linguists would say that the infinitive in English is also a single-word verb form, which may or may not be preceded by the particle to. Some modern generative analysts classify to as a peculiar auxiliary verb; other analysts, as the infinitival subordinator.

Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn. noun. 2. a distinguishing feature or quality: Generosity is his chief characteristic.

Denotingis Russell's name for the peculiar way in which a concept may be connected witha term or combination of terms; in the technical sense it is not a relation betweenwords and things but a relation between things of a particular kind (denoting con-cepts) and things in general.

However, these bonds are strong enough to create many of the peculiar properties of water, some of which make it integral to life. Water, ice, and vapor Edit. Within the Earth's atmosphere and surface, the liquid phase is the most common and is the form that is generally denoted by the word water.

The flowers are in bloom from June to September. They are small, tinged with pink and flesh colour, with a somewhat peculiar, but not exactly unpleasant smell. The corolla is tubular, and from the midst of its lobes rise the stamens, only three in number, though there are five lobes to the corolla.

Curious about the causes of such reactions as hiccups, goose bumps and eye twitches, we spoke with Eric Plasker, DC, author of The 100 Year Lifestyle, to get the real scoop. Read on to discover the common reasons for 14 peculiar bodily functions.

A structure of peculiar shape called the Bent, Blunted, False, or Rhomboidal Pyramid, which stands at DahshÅ«r a short distance south of á¹¢aqqÄrah, marks an advance in development toward the strictly pyramidal tomb.

Chile's geographical shape is quite peculiar. Chile has a longitude of 2,650 miles (4,265 kilometers) making of it one of the longest countries in the world. This is in dramatic contrast with the country's average width, which does not exceed 221 miles (356 kilometers).

In high dilution, indole has a pleasant smell and has been used in the perfumery industry. See also SKATOLE. a compound obtained from coal tar and indigo and produced by decomposition of tryptophan in the intestine, where it contributes to the peculiar odor of feces. It is excreted in the urine in the form of indican.

Do not eat your pet puffer. In consequence of their peculiar body plan, puffers do not swim as do most fish by curving and flexing the body. Most slow swimming is performed by the pectoral fins, with steering and stability provided by the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins.

Certain free radicals are stabilized by their peculiar structures; they exist for appreciable lengths of time, given the right conditions. Most free radicals, however, including such simple ones as the methyl (Â·CH3) and ethyl (Â·C2H5) radicals, are capable of only the most fleeting independent existence.

characteristic, individual, peculiar, distinctive mean indicating a special quality or identity. characteristic applies to something that distinguishes or identifies a person or thing or class. responded with her characteristic wit; individual stresses qualities that distinguish one from all other members of the same kind or class.

Ginger oil is obtained from the root of the herb Zingiber Officinale. The peculiar hot and pungent taste of ginger can be attributed to the presence of an acrid compound called Gingerol. Most of the health benefits of ginger are actually due to the presence of Gingerol.

The sidewinder (C. cerastes) is the smallest rattlesnake and is so named because of its peculiar method of sideways locomotion. The sidewinder is sometimes called the horned rattler because of the hornlike scales above its eyes. It is most commonly found in sandy desert areas from below sea level to 6,000 feet.

General Appearance. That of a very active, intelligent and elegant-appearing dog, squarely built, well proportioned, moving soundly and carrying himself proudly. Properly clipped in the traditional fashion and carefully groomed, the Poodle has about him an air of distinction and dignity peculiar to himself.

Plato thought that there such a thing as expertise with regards to politics. If that's the case, why do we let the non experts have a say? Plato's simile of the ship is probably the most intuitive explanation of his position. EDIT: Aristocracy I think is a peculiar way of describing philosopher kings though.

Alice in Wonderland. Years after her first visit to Underland, 19-year-old Alice returns to confront the sadistic Red Queen in this inventive adaptation of Lewis Carroll's novels. It's up to Alice to slay the Jabberwocky that's been terrorizing Underland's peculiar folk.

To that end, one of the most common misconceptions is that slavery was a uniquely or distinctively Southern institution prior to the American Revolution. Slavery in Pre-Revolution America. In the 13 mainland colonies of British North America, slavery was not the peculiar institution of the South.

The signs and symptoms of bladder infection are as follows: Discomfort during urination is considered to be the most obvious sign of a urinary bladder infection. The person may not just feel a burning sensation, but a sharp pain and peculiar discomfort are also reported to be experienced by patients while urinating.

One meaning is amusing, jocular, droll and the other meaning is odd, quirky, peculiar. These differences indicate the evanescent and experiential nature of fun and the difficulty of distinguishing fun from enjoyment. Fun's evanescence can be seen when an activity regarded as fun becomes goal-oriented.

Dictionaries-Easton's Bible Dictionary-Gentiles. (Heb., usually in plural, goyim), meaning in general all nations except the Jews. In course of time, as the Jews began more and more to pride themselves on their peculiar privileges, it acquired unpleasant associations, and was used as a term of contempt.

It is even possible to use lost wax casting to pour your gold into peculiar shapes. Little miners, eagles, gold picks made of real gold are all possibilities-and of course the more standard jewelry. The art of lost wax casting is a whole field of study in and of itself.

What Does Name Uddin Mean. You have talent, charm and luck. You can succeed in art and in any educational occupation. You attract peculiar experiences. Your power and protection lies in spiritual side of life. You are an enthusiastic collector and you will be tenacious in holding onto the things you accumulate.

Latin for Spells. Rowling chose Latin as the language of magic in the world of Harry Potter. The vast majority of the spells we have read and heard are based in Latin, the notable exception being Avada Kedavra. Latin is a peculiar choice for the language of spells.

Good question and the answer lies in a very peculiar property of water. As you guessed, the density of water of water increases as the temperature is lowered, but below 4 o C this trend is reversed. Here is a graph from. It shows the density of liquid water vs. temperature.

What is PRIVILEGE? A particular and peculiar benefit or advantage enjoyed by a person, company, or class, beyond the common advantages of other citizens. An exceptional or extraordinary power or exemption. A right, power, franchise, or immunity held by a person or class, against or beyond the course of the law.

distinctiveness - a distinguishing trait. specialness, specialty, peculiarity, speciality. individualism, individuality, individuation - the quality of being individual; so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality. foible, idiosyncrasy, mannerism - a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual.

Learn about the history of batteries and find out how the Daniell cell battery is constructed. Batteries have been around longer than you may think. In 1938, archaeologist Wilhelm Konig discovered some peculiar clay pots while digging at Khujut Rabu, just outside of present-day Baghdad, Iraq.

Medical Definition of specificity. plural. specificities. : the quality or condition of being specific: asa: the condition of being peculiar to a particular individual or group of organisms host specificity of a parasiteb: the condition of participating in or catalyzing only one or a few chemical reactions the specificity of an enzyme.

Stouffer, 30, isn't the only one with a fickle nose. Many people sneeze at peculiar moments -- such as after exercise, plucking their eyebrows, in the sunshine, or after sex. Here are the reasons why they sneeze at odd times, and why all of us sneeze in the first place. 11 Surprising Sneezing Facts 1.

University of Bologna. This university was founded in 1088. It is located in Bologna, Italy. It has 23 faculties, among which law school is one of them. The international dimension along with the strong research activities in classes make of the law studies in this university, peculiar and of a well known tradition.

Jared Polis: To Know Him Is To Loathe Him. Openly gay Congressman Jared Polis (D.-Colo.) has a peculiar habit of creating enemies. Silicon Valley's movers and shakers loathe him. His fellow rich Colorado gays shun him.

While spending the majority of their time in the safety of tree canopies, three-toed sloths regularly place themselves in mortal danger by descending to the forest floor to defecate. For years, scientists have been trying to figure out what is driving this peculiar and risky behavior.

The word Corgi is (or at least was) commonly used in South Wales, not only to denote a breed of dog peculiar to those parts, but much in the same way as the word rascal is used, though in the playful and affectionate sense rather than as a term of reproach. One dictionary defines Corgi as a saucy dog - a cur.

Bathroom Flooring Style and Design. Vinyl Flooring Design Gallery. The bathroom is a peculiar space, because it is often the first place you go in the morning, and the last place you stop off before heading to bed at night. It is a room where you will spend a large amount of time, in small increments.

About Foinavon. It was the upset to end all upsets. On 8 April 1967 at Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, a 100-1 outsider in peculiar blinkers sidestepped chaos extraordinary even by the Grand National's standards and won the world's toughest steeplechase.

There were also certain senior grades of warrant officer, peculiar to the specialist branches, which ranked above regimental sergeant-majors. These were the conductors of the Army Ordnance Corps and the first-class staff sergeant-majors of the Army Service Corps and the Army Pay Corps.

What Does Name Unick Mean You have talent, charm and luck. You can succeed in art and in any educational occupation. You attract peculiar experiences. Your power and protection lies in spiritual side of life. You are an enthusiastic collector and you will be tenacious in holding onto the things you accumulate.

Effigy of a Knight in Hereford Cathedral - Lady Chapel. Counterlight's Peculiars: Paris. Saint Denis is the burial place of French royalty and a lot of nobility. Most of these tombs are now empty. Almost all of the royal tombs were looted and some were destroyed in the French Revolution.

The full-length transcript of the C. intestinalis huntingtin (htt) shows several peculiar features. It ranges from 8919 to 9957 nucleotides (nt) in length, depending on the usage of an alternative splicing site in the coding region and of the polyadenylation site.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles-A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context. In the Propontis, as far as I can learn, none of that peculiar substance called brit is to be found, the aliment of the right whale. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context.

Absolutely fascinating. Thanks.Curious, I checked Grand Banks off Newfoundland, and in some places -200 feet, yet suddenly the plunge even to 17,000 feet. You can see it on Google maps, but have no sense of depth.Even more peculiar are places on LAND which are over 1,000 feet BELOW sea level.

Gentiles [N] [T] [B] [S] (Heb., usually in plural, goyim), meaning in general all nations except the Jews. In course of time, as the Jews began more and more to pride themselves on their peculiar privileges, it acquired unpleasant associations, and was used as a term of contempt.

It refers to the state or position of being able to achieve honors. But a peculiar fact about honorificabilitudinitatibus will no doubt appeal to epeolatrists (or worshipers of words): it is the longest word in English to comprise alternating consonants and vowels (which, if nothing else, is a fine pub quiz fact).

Nature (noun). the sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being. Nature (noun). hence: Kind, sort; character; quality. Nature (noun).

the visible recording of language peculiar to the human species. Writing enables the transmission of ideas over vast distances of time and space and is a prerequisite of complex civilization. ..... Click the link for more information. on durable material. The art is called epigraphy.

Punica granatum L. Steeped in history and romance and almost in a class by itself, the pomegranate, Punica granatum L., belongs to the family Punicaceae which includes only one genus and two species, the other one, little-known, being P. protopunica Balf. peculiar to the island of Socotra.

Fearing, probably, that this might bode evil for the child--for names have always preserved a peculiar significance in the East--Jacob called him Benjamin, son of the fight hand (Genesis 35:17). He alone of Jacob's sons was born in Palestine, between Bethel and Ephrath.

Astron. deviating from a circular form, as an elliptic orbit. 6. an eccentric person. 7. something that is unusual, peculiar, or odd. 8. a device for converting rotary motion to reciprocating motion, consisting of a disk with an off-center axis of revolution.

We find that computer science metaphors trade on both preexisting and emerging similarities between computational and traditional domains, but owing to computer science's peculiar status as a discipline that creates its own subject matter, the role of similarity in metaphorical attribution is multifaceted.

The law considers an allergy to be a reaction suffered by a minority of people that is triggered by exposure to some substance. Courts used to reject claims based on allergic reactions, reasoning that the product was reasonably safe and that the injury was caused by a defect peculiar to the individual.

An oven or heating chamber used in the estufagem process for making Madeira or Sherry. Estufagem: A winemaking process peculiar to the making of Madeira and sometimes used in the making of Sherry. This process consists of heating the otherwise finished wine in an oven (estufa) for a prolonged period.

In South Carolina and Florida the freedmen are forbidden to wear or keep arms. We feel certain the President, who is, as he says, the peculiar friend and protector of the freedmen, was not aware of the code of South Carolina, or Florida, or Mississippi, when he vetoed that [Civil Rights] act.

specific | definition: (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique | synonyms: precise, specialised, ad hoc, circumstantial, particularized, generality, limited, particular, proper, particularised, unique, specialized, peculiar, special

In reference to the peculiar institution [the term sometimes used for slavery in the South], about which there is so much strife, the public mind seems to have become so very touchy, that to state even ordinary scientific or mechanical facts bearing upon it, or to make an innocent indirect allusion to it or is champions, pro. or con. is sure to get somebody by the ears.

In addition to the features seen in more common types of gangrene, there are certain signs and symptoms peculiar to gas gangrene, a less common form of wet gangrene. In gas gangrene the infected area of skin can quickly extend, with some changes visible in just a matter of minutes.

Deuteronomy 14 Told Us Not to Eat Pork. A quick excuse people use when confronted with God's word is to claim the only reason the Jews were told not to eat pork was so they would be a peculiar people or so they would be a holy people. They claim it was for ceremony and not righteous living.

Contemporary Examples. 1  Because the shop was emblematic of that peculiar Italian institution known as La Faccia: i.e. presenting the best face possible. 2  According to The Times, most jobs now pay less than $20 per hour, i.e., less than $40,000 annually.

From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW, and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country.

La Luna is the timeless. fable of a young boy coming of age in the most peculiar circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait.

It is not in all cases easy to trace the origin and true nature of the ascidium, as the venation is sometimes obscure. Remove all or nearly all the scales from a wing and note the arrangement of the veins (venation). The venation is peculiar, and the disposition of the sori depends mainly on the peculiarities of the venation.

Octopus mating is a one time thing for just about all of the species. The males often die within a couple of months after they have found a mate. The females often die shortly after they are able to lay their eggs. This is a very peculiar pattern of life and death for these creatures that researchers continue to look into.

belonging, relating, or peculiar to oneself or itself: used to strengthen a preceding possessive: his own book, her own idea; Now Rare related by blood rather than by marriage; Origin of own. Middle English owen from Old English agen, past participle of agan, to possess: see owe

However, their deed cannot defeat the survivorship interest of the other tenant by the entirety and a peculiar situation is created. Suppose a husband conveyed his interest to his brother. The husband no longer owns the property. The brother is now taking the husband's place in the unseverable survivorship tenancy.

This mild boost  does not have significant effect on the activity of the heart and  there is little or no raised heart rate. The peripheral blood  vessels contract and the combination of increased cardiac output,  vasoconstriction and changes in the pulses rate have a peculiar  effect on blood pressure.

A woman captured some incredibly peculiar footage of flashing lights in the sky over the Midlands - prompting speculation that aliens have landed in Coventry. Deena Tanna was travelling along the M69, which runs from Leicester to Coventry, with her husband when she spotted the phenomenon yesterday.

â¢ Individuality. Synonyms: Identity, Individualism, Individuation, ( 1 n.) The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality.

Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories Mary Graham Bonner. He came to this country from England in 1803, and worked at his trade of carpentry. Hidden Treasures Harry A. Lewis. The Moorish carpentry is very peculiar, and is constantly introduced in late Gothic work.

The villi are peculiar to these parts; they are inversely conical, adhering to the membrane by their smaller end. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Various. No details are given as to the structure of the chorion or the presence of villi upon it.

A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. extract (Noun). A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.

Laugh(verb) to show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

Occasionally, with a good tailwind, the tumbleweed moved faster than we did! The tumbleweed is a rather peculiar plant, because it actually moves around-it does not spend its whole life stuck in the soil. Once its seeds are ripe, a layer of cells in the stem of the plant weaken, and it breaks cleanly away.

Some side effects are peculiar to individual medications and only occur in some people eg. rash, blood problems, liver problems, severe behaviour disturbance, worsening of seizure control. There are some patients or situations in which there may be increased risk of such side effects with a certain medication.

3. Moderate bounds; limits of truth; moderation; due limits. In two hundred years, (I speak within compass,) no such commission had been executed. This sense is the same as the first, and the peculiar force of the phrase lies in the word within. 4. The extent or limit of the voice or of sound.

idiosyncratic - peculiar to the individual; we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures; Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting. individual, single - being or characteristic of a single thing or person; individual drops of rain; please mark the individual pages; they went their individual ways.

:)Weegy: you re welcomeExpert answered|selymi|Points 12212|User: What conclusion can be drawn about how the author of Nikola Tesla, Inventor views Nikola Tesla's peculiar personality? A. The author thinks that it was an act that Tesla did to gain the attention of others.

1. to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected. 2. to cause such a feeling: This shirt itches. 3. Informal. to scratch a part that itches. 4. to have a desire to do or get something: to itch after fame.

THE DEERSTALKER OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. The most striking trademark of Holmes is his unique double-flapped hat. As a matter of fact, it is a hat used by hunters. Its fabric is wadded wool, and its shape is peculiar: there is a rim both on its front and on its back, it has two flaps hold together by a stylish ribbon on the top.

It's known as being in a state of torpor.. They're not fully asleep as we think of it, but, are still aware of their surrounding, although they're sluggish and would respond very slowly while in torpor. So, in a sense, they sleep in a way peculiar to dragonflies, but, not as humans define sleep. Goob Â· 1 year ago.

The actual Powerball draw time is set at a rather peculiar 10.59 ET / 3.59am GMT, exactly 59 minutes after the cut off time of the vendors that stay open the latest. So if you are on the hunt for last minute tickets for the big Powerball draw, you should have all the relevant information.

The constitutional design of the legislative branch and the political history of Texas have combined to make the lege, as insiders and observers call it, a peculiar institution. The Texas Constitution creates a part-time legislature that meets for a relatively brief 140 days every other year.

Therefore autonomic symptoms are things like racing heart beat, stomach upset, diarrhea, loss of bladder control. The only common autonomic symptom is a peculiar sensation in the stomach that is experienced by some patients with a type of epilepsy called temporal lobe epilepsy.

My master hesitated not a moment in complying with her request: reluctant as he was to leave home at ordinary calls, he flew to answer this; commanding Catherine to my peculiar vigilance, in his absence, with reiterated orders that she must not wander out of the park, even under my escort he did not calculate on her going unaccompanied.

anomalies. 1  1 : something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous They regarded the test results as an anomaly. 2  2 : deviation from the common rule : irregularity. 3  3 : the angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun.

ONE country, two currencies is one of Cuba's more peculiar idiosyncrasies. The Cuban peso (CUP) and the Cuban convertible peso (CUC) are both legal tender on the island, though neither is exchangeable in foreign markets. The CUC is pegged to the dollar and worth 25 times as much as the CUP.

It was still that glorious war-time which was felt to be a peculiar favour of Providence towards the landed interest, and the fall of prices had not yet come to carry the race of small squires and yeomen down that road to ruin for which extravagant habits and bad husbandry were plentifully anointing their wheels.

However, the tremor disappears when the limbs are in extreme rest, as it is the case when the patient is sleeping. This phenomenon is common to most of the tremors. In the hands, the tremors result in a peculiar pill rolling movement of the fingers, more obvious between the thumb and the index finger. Other parts of the body might also be affected.

Why Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead. Mexico's peculiar relationship with death reveals a complex heritage born of a tumultuous past. Tuesday 2 November 2010 10.30 EDT First published on Tuesday 2 November 2010 10.30 EDT.

Definition of anomaly. plural. anomalies. 1 : something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous They regarded the test results as an anomaly. 2 : deviation from the common rule : irregularity. 3 : the angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun.

Though the long period of a Southern whaling voyage (by far the longest of all voyages now or ever made by man), the peculiar perils of it, and the community of interest prevailing among a company, all of whom, high or low, depend for their profits, not upon fixed wages, but upon their common luck, together with their common vigilance, intrepidity, ...

So Brussels' peculiar linguistic issues have put English as an official language on the agenda. But the idea still points to a radical shift in Europe as a whole. The role of English as the continent's lingua franca is now unassailable, with 94 percent of EU pupils learning it at school.

This form of cancer is peculiar because the only known cause is from asbestos exposure. The latency period for mesothelioma is often 15-30 years. â¢ Lung Cancer - caused by asbestos. The effects of lung cancer are often greatly increased by cigarette smoking (by about 50%).

Sometimes when some outrage of peculiar offensiveness stung her to the heart, she would plan schemes of vengeance and revel in the fancied spectacle of his exposure to the world as an imposter and a slave; but in the midst of these joys fear would strike her; she had made him too strong; she could prove nothing, and--heavens, she might get sold down the river for her pains

And that the Egyptians were a nation of mast-head standers , is an assertion based upon the general belief among archaeologists , that the first pyramids were founded for astronomical purposes : a theory singularly supported by the peculiar stair-like formation of all four sides of those edifices ; whereby , with prodigious long upliftings of their ...

Bacterial 'sex' causes antibiotic resistance. Some disease-causing bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics because they have peculiar sex lives, say researchers publishing new results today in the journal Science. The new study helps scientists understand how ...

Secondly the scent of the fruit called Musk Melon, I think that this fruit has got a peculiar aroma. And this what compels me to order this fruit juice every other time during summer. You smell it and drink it. Thirdly, the smell of Toluene, if you've been to any Plastic or Polymer industry.

When certain parts of the brain are infected in encephalitis the symptoms vary depending on what parts of the body that portion of the brain controls. Forebrain encephalitis creates blindness, behavior changes, seizures, mental depression and a peculiar symptom where the dog walks in circles.

Tone (noun). the larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone. Tone (noun). the peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.

Knowledge of the electron configuration of different atoms is useful in understanding the structure of the periodic table of elements. This is also useful for describing the chemical bonds that hold atoms together. In bulk materials, this same idea helps explain the peculiar properties of lasers and semiconductors.

Peculiar Institution. A euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the American South. The term aimed to explain away the seeming contradiction of legalized slavery in a country whose Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal. It was one of the key causes of the Civil War.

Peculiar or not, my best visit was the one in February. Yes it was cool to cold outside, yes i had very very limited dining options but yes, it was very very impressing too :) Exploit the possibilities on Aegean Airlines offer fares. A plane is always a nice option to get there in the winter, on a 35 mins flight.

This review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was written by. 1  Patricia Tauzer. 2  Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are conducted by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners.

SLAVERY. Texas was the last frontier of slavery in the United States. In fewer than fifty years, from 1821 to 1865, the Peculiar Institution, as Southerners called it, spread over the eastern two-fifths of the state. The rate of growth accelerated rapidly during the 1840s and 1850s.

Lyme Disease Directory. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted by deer ticks infected with the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria. Named after the town in Connecticut where the disease was first discovered, Lyme disease causes a peculiar rash and arthritis symptoms.

An informative guide to make you aware of the causes, symptoms and treatment of Dengue. Dengue is a flu-like viral disease that is transmitted through the bite of an infected female mosquito. This particular mosquito has a peculiar white spotted body and legs and is easy to identify.

In conclusion, everyone should choose a career path that they will find challenging and rewarding. Before embarking on a career, one must conduct... Choosing a Career. that I have made a positive impact on the people around me.hoosing a career is very important thus, one must be peculiar and meticulous in deciding it because the career that you will be choosing... Choosing a Career. people around me.

His chivalric spirit was roused by the call of his king, and he lighted a flame of military ardor among his brethren. The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2) Charles Mills. Father MembrÃ© gives frequent testimony to these peculiar attractions of the chivalric pioneer.

Definition of wryneck. 1  1 : either of two Old World woodpeckers (Jynx torquilla or J. ruficollis) that differ from the typical woodpeckers in having soft tail feathers and a peculiar manner of writhing the neck. 2  2 : torticollis.

Both llamas and alpacas are domestic camelids from South America. Like camels, llamas and alpacas have peculiar bumps on the soles of their feet, and together they make up the group Tylopoda, which means bump-footed. In fact, camels and llamas have been artificially crossed to create the cama.

The personal racism of teachers can extend beyond derogatory thoughts and remarks about students. The fact that most teachers are middle class whites causes schools to be run according to the values and beliefs of this class. Sometimes, some of the values peculiar to this class are assumed to be general human values.

The Mandela Effect. The Mandela Effect is a collective misremembering of a fact or event. Various theories have been proposed to explain what causes it, some more sensible than others. Jul 24th, 2016. Human memory is a peculiar thing, at once astonishing in its scope and power and dismaying in its fallibility.

p. 228. a man born on the twenty-third day would die by drowning; and so on. But to the three hundred and sixty days given in the calendars of lucky and unlucky days must be added the five epagomenal days which were considered to be of great importance and had each its peculiar name.

The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-bellum South. By Kenneth Stampp. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Pp. xi + 436). Until 1956, the historiography of slavery and the U.S. South relied heavily on monographs written by southerners.

The peculiar seasonal pattern of plague has been observed everywhere and is a systematic feature also of the spread of the Black Death. In the plague history of Norway from the Black Death 1348-49 to the last outbreaks in 1654, comprising over thirty waves of plague, there was never a winter epidemic of plague.

eÂ·thos. n. The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement: They cultivated a subversive alternative ethos (Anthony Burgess). [Greek. , character; see s(w)e-in Indo-European roots .].

MANY peculiar things are shown in the writings of violin critics and violin makers of the present. day. And one of the oddest is the fact that they dismiss the bridge with Stradivarius perfected the. bridge.. As to the bass bar, the average violin maker will tell how the present high pitch necessitated. lengthening it.

Hash oil is produced by solvent extraction (maceration, infusion or percolation) of marijuana and/or hashish. After filtering and evaporating the solvent, a sticky resinous dark liquid with a strong herbal odor (remarkably different from the peculiar odor of hemp) remains.

of or relating to the body: physical exercise. 2. of or relating to that which is material: the physical universe; the physical sciences. 3. noting or pertaining to the properties of matter and energy other than those peculiar to living matter. 4. pertaining to the physical sciences, especially physics.

Definition of patience. Examples of patience in a sentence. To be a biographer is a somewhat peculiar endeavor. It seems to me it requires not only the tact, patience, and thoroughness of a scholar but also the stamina of a horse. Mind-numbing delays and irrelevant search results are enough to try the patience of the most saintly Web surfers.

Scientist: Quantum physics can prove there's an afterlife. Professor Robert Lanza is sure there's something beyond this mortal coil. He believes the science is there to prove it.f there's a choice between an afterlife and nothing at all, I'd plump for the former. It gives us a peculiar kind of hope that there is more. And, in America, we know that more is always better.

Acrodysostosis also known as Arkless-Graham syndrome or Maroteaux-Malamut syndrome is a rare congenital malformation syndrome which involves shortening of the interphalangeal joints of the hands and feet, intellectual disability in approximately 90% of affected children, and peculiar facies.

Historical Examples. 1  analyze the organization of a group from the standpoint of the four wishes. 2  analyze everything and everybody with which or whom you come in contact. 3  analyze the peculiar contribution of Sorolla to modern painting. 4  analyze your business with reference to its mental attitude.

Sense of peculiar to a race or nation is attested from 1851, a return to the word's original meaning; that of different cultural groups is 1935; and that of racial, cultural or national minority group is American English 1945; ethnic cleansing is attested from 1991.

Colorless(adj) without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water. Colorless(adj) free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless.

Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. essential. 1. constituting the necessary or inherent part of a thing; giving a substance its peculiar and necessary qualities. 2. indispensable; required in the diet, as essential fatty acids.

Aspects Peculiar to Product Lines. 1  In single-system CM, each version of the system has a configuration associated with it that defines the versions of the configuration items that went into that system's production. In product line CM, a configuration must be maintained for each version of each product.

1 A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group: the Lancashire dialect seemed like a foreign language. More example sentences. Synonyms. 1  The Jutes settled in and near Kent, but the dialect for the region is known as Kentish, not Jutish.

Altogen Biosystems is a life sciences company dedicated to the development, marketing and manufacture of cell type specific transfection reagents. Efficient delivery of DNA, RNA, and siRNA enabled by advanced formulation of reagents and peculiar design of protocols.

indole. 1  a compound obtained from coal tar and indigo and produced by decomposition of tryptophan in the intestine, where it contributes to the peculiar odor of feces. It is excreted in the urine in the form of indican. 2  include Î²-carbolines, dimethyl tryptamines, hydroxy methyltryptamines, alstonines.

Westminster Abbey is a collegiate church governed by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, as established by Royal charter of Queen Elizabeth I dated 21 May 1560, which created it as the Collegiate Church of St Peter Westminster, a Royal Peculiar under the personal jurisdiction of the Sovereign.

An early mention of the term Fata Morgana in English, in 1818, referred to such a mirage noticed in the Strait of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily. *Fata Morgana, phr. : It. : a peculiar mirage occasionally seen on the coasts of the Straits of Messina, locally attributed to a fay Morgana.

Fibrous joints: In this type of joints the bones are joined together by means of fibrous tissue. Due to the presence of fibrous tissue these joints are either immovable or permit movement to a very little extent. Fibrous joints are further divided into the following subtypes; Sutures: These are peculiar to skull and are immovable.

Answer Wiki. 2 Answers. , EVP (Technical) (2008-present) It is so varied that at first I thought of leaving the answers to others. Time, age group, place, environment, family, teachers, colleagues all play part and change one from others to make all of us unique in a peculiar way.

The blobfish can grow up to 12 inches (30.5 cm) in length. A deep sea fish, it lives at depths of up to 2,700 feet (823 m) in the waters off the coasts of southeast Australia and Tasmania, although there have been few sightings of this peculiar creature because of the extreme depth of its habitat.

In most cases, these. persons seem to be normal people outside of their peculiar ideas. I think many of these apparent paradoxes can be understood if we ourselves. better understand the nature of perception. As one of my avocations, I am developing. an educational website about reptiles and amphibians. The majority of the site's content. is devoted to identifying the various species.

List of extreme points of Australia. This is a list of the extreme points of Australia. The list includes extremes of cardinal direction, elevation, and other points peculiar geographic interest. The location of some points depend on whether islands and the Australian Antarctic Territory (which is not universally recognised) are included.

2a : something not understood or beyond understanding : enigma The mystery of his disappearance has never been solved.b obsolete : a private secretc : the secret or specialized practices or ritual peculiar to an occupation or a body of people the mysteries of the tailor's craftd : a piece of fiction dealing usually with the solution of a mysterious ...

Echidna (family Tachyglossidae), also called spiny anteater, any of four species of peculiar egg-laying mammals from Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea that eat and breathe through a bald tubular beak protruding from a dome-shaped body covered in spines.

The 50 most basic foods of all time, ranked. The 50 most basic foods of all time, ranked. If you've been paying attention to the Internet, you've probably noticed the peculiar metamorphosis of basic. Used to be, the definition of the word was just... well, basic: simple, connotation-free, and bland.

A liberty or privilege allowed to a judge , within the confines of right and justice , but independent of narrow and unbending rules of positive law , to decide and act in accordance with what is fair , equitable , and wholesome , as determined upon the peculiar circumstances of the case , and as discerned by his personal wisdom and experience , ...

The presence of at least one of the following in association with the recurrent episodes of involuntary. eating: 1. Consumption of peculiar forms or combinations of food or inedible or toxic substances. 2. Sleep related injurious or potentially injurious behaviors performed while in pursuit of food or.

The pain subsides after sitting down or leaning over. In cases of cervical spinal stenosis, patients can have symptoms similar to lumbar stenosis but with prominent neck pain and peculiar sensations in the arms, poor leg function, or incontinence. There also can be numbness, weakness, or cramping of the legs.

LIVER CIRRHOSIS. This peculiar transformation of the liver was identified by the first anatomic pathologist, Gianbattista Morgagni in his 500 autopsies published in 1761 but the name of cirrhosis (greek=orange color) was given by Laennec in 1826 because of the yellowish-tan color of the cirrhotic liver.

1 Concepts as mental representations, where concepts are entities that exist in the brain, 2  Concepts as abilities, where concepts are abilities peculiar to cognitive agents, and. 3  Concepts as abstract objects, where objects are the constituents of propositions that mediate between thought, language, and referents.

Today, we're explaining malt. As a kid, you probably only knew malt as the mysterious ingredient in Whoppers, the coveted movie theatre candy. Later, it might have become part of your drinking vernacular: Whiskeys can be malt or single malt.. That these guilty pleasures can have anything in common may seem peculiar.

It was hilarious! Willis became an inside joke and even has a sign: a W with a smiley face underneath, texted or typed like so: 3:) Willis is a name I would never give a kid because of this experience; it just wouldn't fit with a baby. :D Willis possession explained peculiar behavior and we looked for the name Willis everywhere!

Sleep starts are common and harmless, and unlikely to shoot to the top of anyone's research agenda anytime soon. But scientists have observed that hypnic jerks are associated with a rapid heartbeat, quickened breathing, sweat, and sometimes a peculiar sensory feeling of 'shock' or 'falling into the void.'.

We take a look at five of the most memorable Hemingway novels. The American author Ernest Hemingway was one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. His machine-like style was precise and austere, but he also had a deft and gentle turn of phrase which gave his work its own peculiar beauty and power.

Believe it. In 2008, as his follow-up to I Heart Huckabees, David O. Russell tackled Nailed, an adaptation of Kristin Gore's book about a woman who gets a nail in her head, which kicks off peculiar behavior and a crusade to Washington, where she meets a congressman who uses her for his own ends.

[Gaston:] Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife! [Townsfolk:] Look there she goes a girl who's strange but special A most peculiar mad'moiselle It's a pity and a sin She doesn't quite fit in 'Cause she really is a funny girl A beauty but a funny girl She really is a funny girl That Belle.

Ingenuity is a form of genius, and cleverness of talent. The former implies invention, the letter a peculiar dexterity and readiness of execution. Sir James Mackintosh remarks that the English overdo in the use of the word clever and cleverness, applying them loosely to almost every form of intellectual ability.

Example Sentences for brute. Well may the British mother tremble at the horrid sound, and pity the wretched Israelitish female, thus sunk below the brute. And by that time Taurus Antinor was between him and the brute. Uttering the curious sound peculiar to grizzlies, the brute made as though it would approach still closer.

To anoint the head with oil, Ps. 23 seems to signify to communicate the consolations of the Holy Spirit. The use of oil in consecrations, was of high antiquity. Kings, prophets and priests were set apart or consecrated to their offices by the use of oil. Hence the peculiar application of the term anointed to Jesus Christ.

Bubbles is a character in Finding Nemo. Personality. Bubbles is a hyperactive yellow tang fish. He has a peculiar obsession over the bubbles that come out of a small treasure chest decoration in the fish tank; hence his name. He eventually escapes with the rest of the tank fish into the ocean.

4. To pine or sink under sorrow or any continued passion; as, a woman languishes for the loss of her lover. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish. Hosea 4. 5. To look with softness or tenderness, as with the head reclined and a peculiar cast of the eye.

1. Greatness of appearance; dignity; grandeur; dignity of aspect or manner; the quality or state of a person or thing which inspires awe or reverence in the beholder; applied with peculiar propriety to God and his works. Jehovah reigneth; he is clothed with majesty. Ps.93.

Bubbles is a character in Finding Nemo. He was bought by the dentist from a store called Fish-o-rama.. Bubbles is a hyperactive yellow tang fish. He has a peculiar obsession over the bubbles that come out of a small treasure chest decoration in the fish tank; hence his name.

In fact, Harry had the most peculiar feeling that only he and Hagrid could see it. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling describes the Leaky Cauldron as being this: ... grubby-looking pub. If Hagrid hadn't pointed it out, Harry wouldn't have noticed it was there. The people hurrying by didn't glance at it.

Detoxification Night sweats in men can also be a withdrawal symptom from addicts trying to get off their chosen drugs of choice. 1  The sweat may have a very peculiar odor. Alcoholics, for example, may have sweat that smells like moldy bread. Sweats can begin and end in cycles or be continuous for days.

Third Parties. General Note: It is impossible to provide the exact investment required of each Midas franchisee due to the many variables that influence the total project cost, such as location, amount of space leased, cost of land and building, and other costs peculiar to a specific site.

Twelve lunar periods, making up approximately the solar year, gave peculiar importance to the number twelve also. The adjustment of the solar year to correspond with the lunar year and of the two with the civil year dates from this period. Multiply the difference between the Julian and the solar year by 100, and we have the error in 100 years.

(plural idiosyncrasies) 1  A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person. 2  A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group. ( 3 medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.  A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.

The problem is that coaches and players are wrong. A soccer games rarely lasts just 90 minutes. Unlike most other major sports, there is no clock on a scoreboard that must be obeyed, and no buzzer that goes off to signal the end. Time, is in fact, just a suggestion to the man in the middle. It is a concept peculiar to soccer.

Here's a nice surprise: quantum physics is less complicated than we thought. An international team of researchers has proved that two peculiar features of the quantum world previously considered distinct are different manifestations of the same thing. The result is published 19 December in Nature Communications.

Trypophobia Test, Cure and Causes (Fear of Holes in Skin) Take Trypophobia test and cure it through behavioral or cognitive therapies. Trypo-phobia (fear of holes in the skin) is caused by psychological conditions. Trypophobia is a peculiar fear of holes that a few individuals have.

Definitions for drome. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word drome. Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Drome(noun) the crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.

I have seen bands attempting to get this swing by two ineffective methods: 1  Hammer the long note i.e. make it really really really long. This is a way of accenting the first part of the beat. 2  The other attempt I have seen is peculiar to percussionists. They accent the first part of the beat by hitting their drums harder.

nature does not create works of art it is we and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind that see art man ray photography can be art i photograph what i do not wish to paint and i paint what i do not wish to photograph man ray it has never been my object to record my dreams just the determination to realize them

The Civilization of Illiteracy Mihai Nadin. In a context of globality, the mapping extends to the infinity of those partaking in it. The Civilization of Illiteracy Mihai Nadin. The efficiency of a right-biased praxis is not high enough to satisfy expectations peculiar to globality. The Civilization of Illiteracy Mihai Nadin.

Inchworms, which get their name from their peculiar form of movement, are the caterpillar or larvae form of several species of geometer moth. This type of moth gets its formal name Geometridae from two Greek roots that refer to the visual spectacle of inchworms measuring the earth as they move forward.

Space may be a giant airless vacuum, but astronauts swear that it has an odor. Those who have sniffed the aroma liken it to burning metal, steak, and welding, among other peculiar olfactory memories. Space has its own unique smell, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly said in PBS' Year in Space documentary.

Now, you might tell me that there is nothing peculiar about a lioness, a carnivore, making a meal of a helpless antelope. But what makes this incident touching is what happened when the lioness discovered that her prey was pregnant. While consuming the internal organs of the antelope, the lioness saw a fetus inside the body and she looked remorseful and sorry for what she had done.

adjective unusual, odd, rare, bizarre, exceptional, peculiar, eccentric, abnormal, irregular, inconsistent, off-the-wall (slang), incongruous, deviating, oddball (informal), out there (slang), atypical, aberrant, outrÃ© For years his anomalous behaviour has baffled scientists.

Cassiopa Thompson was a very peculiar girl. In 1998, she started to develop as one might call it. Naturally, she wasn't going through puberty or anything of the sort, she was growing animal parts. At the age of fourteen, she had fully grown a cat's tail, pair of ears, and set of claws. Her f...

a compound obtained from coal tar and indigo and produced by decomposition of tryptophan in the intestine, where it contributes to the peculiar odor of feces. It is excreted in the urine in the form of indican. 3-Methyl-indole and L-tryptophan are implicated in causing acute interstitial pneumonia in cattle.

Fry does beat him, once, then decides this is one folkway she cannot accept. PopMatters. This sort of diversity makes it rather peculiar to speak of a Mid-Atlantic cultural folkway in which Germans, Dutch, Quakers, Roman Catholics, Swedes and Long Island Yankees can be thrown together into one pot. Gene Expression

A Grand, Gloomy and Peculiar Place. Mammoth Cave National Park preserves the cave system and a part of the Green River valley and hilly country of south central Kentucky. This is the world's longest known cave system, with more than 400 miles explored.

Adj. 1. curious-beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; a curious hybrid accent; her speech has a funny twang; they have some funny ideas about war; had an odd name; the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves; something definitely queer about this town; what a rum fellow; singular behavior.

Click Here for a video on the Mule Deer. Mule Deer have large ears that move constantly and independently, from whence they get their name, Mule or Burro Deer.. They do not run as other deer, but have a peculiar and distinctive bounding leap (stotting) over distances up to 8 yards, with all 4 feet coming down together.

In particular, some authority suggests that the. Takings Clause protects personal property to a lesser extent than it does real prop-. erty. The unjust treatment of Aleutian natives during World War II illustrates the. risk of giving constitutional property so peculiar and narrow a definition.

Random car trouble and aid from a good Samaritan aren't what they seem, much to ex-drug addict Lance's growing horror. Retribution for a past injury is the name of this peculiar stranger's game as he violently, callously and torturously dismantles Lance's life bit by bit.

A subcontract under a Federal Government Contract can be a peculiar thing. It can contain numbered clauses from the Federal Acquisition Regulations without any stated text. It can say the Government prime contract takes priority over the subcontract without properly identifying the prime contract or incorporating some part of it in the subcontract.

Word Origin and History for idiosyncrasy Expand. n. c.1600, from French idiosyncrasie, from Greek idiosynkrasia a peculiar temperament, from idios one's own (see idiom) + synkrasis temperament, mixture of personal characteristics, from syn together (see syn-) + krasis mixture (see rare (adj.2)).

Descemet's membrane the posterior lining membrane of the cornea; it is a thin hyaline membrane between the substantia propria and the endothelial layer of the cornea. diphtheritic membrane the peculiar false membrane characteristic of diphtheria, formed by coagulation necrosis. drum membrane tympanic membrane.

Synonym Discussion of eccentric. strange, singular, unique, peculiar, eccentric, erratic, odd, quaint, outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable a journey filled with strange sights.

Starch(noun) a widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers.

C. Aristotle distinguishes between happiness (eudaemonia) and moral virtue: 1. Moral virtue is not the end of life for it can go with inactivity, misery, and unhappiness. 2. Happiness, the end of life, that to which all aims, is activity in accordance with reason (reason is the arete or peculiar excellence of persons).

Expressions likes idioms and proverbs are sayings whose meanings are figurative rather than literal. Such expressions are often peculiar to a language. The English language has many sayings and proverbs that mention the weather in both positive and negative tones. The following sections define some common English expressions that mention the weather.

Apart from being a peculiar result of ancient European history, the town of Baarle (formally Baarle-Hertog in Belgium and Baarle-Nassau in the Netherlands) is a possible change point, since the town's main bus stop Sint-Janstraat is operated by both Flemish (Belgian) and Dutch buses.

When water freezes, it expands. (Peculiar!!) When water is left in a garden hose during freezing temperatures, the force of. the ice expanding can cause the hose to break open. The same thing can happen with the water pipes in your house. If the water freezes in the pipe, it can break the pipe open.

Definition of slang. 1  1 : language peculiar to a particular group: such asa : argotb : jargon 2. 2  2 : an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech.

Before I proceed to the actual reviews, I'd like to notice this one little peculiar thing about the Moodies' music. The Moody Blues are often dubbed 'prog-rockers' and put into the same bag with bands like the above-mentioned Tull, Yes, Genesis, etc., etc. Now I really don't know that much about the exact genre terminology, but it seems to me this is no less than a fatal mistake.

n. 1  The property possessed by certain minerals of exhibiting three different colors when viewed from three different directions under white lights. 2  a property, peculiar to certain crystals, of transmitting light of three different colors when viewed from three different directions.

Peculiar to the Norwegian tradition are Linje Aquavits (such as Loeiten LÃ¸iten linje And Lysholm). Linje Linje aquavit is named after the tradition of sending oak barrels of aquavit with ships From norway To australia and back, again thereby passing the (equator) linje twice before being. bottled

It produces in overdose Absinthism, a series of phenomena of poisoning somewhat different from those of alcoholism, consisting of hallucinations, peculiar contractions of the muscles of the lips and face, trembling in the limbs, numbness, physical prostration, emaciation, giddiness, headache, delirium, dementia, and paralysis, frequently resulting ...

1 It is peculiar in the way that is reacts on and in the body. 2  This disease is often confused with a nerve issue 3  â¦. Recognizing the Symptoms of Thyroid Autoimmune Disease The immune system is your body's way of defending against invading illness. 4  Sometimes, though, it attacks your body by mistake.

She was a famous scientist, and discovered radioacivity. (Correction, she did not discover radioactivity, she simply was the first perso â¦ n to use the term to describe such a peculiar event taking place inside the atom, emitting radiation. Bravo, you tried, and failed.). 1 person found this useful.

The definition of idiosyncratic is quirky or peculiar, or the temperament which is unique to an individual. An example of an idiosyncratic person is someone who does a lot of out of the ordinary things. An example of an idiosyncratic trait is the way a person always deals with disappointment. An example of an idiosyncratic reaction to a drug is the unique way that someone reacts to a medication.

intrinsic. adj. 1. of or relating to the essential nature of a thing; inherent. 2. (Anatomy) anatomy situated within or peculiar to a part: intrinsic muscles. [C15: from Late Latin intrinsecus from Latin, inwardly, from intrÄ within + secus alongside; related to sequÄ« to follow].

idiosyncrasy (plural idiosyncrasies) 1  A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person. 2  A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group. ( 3 medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.  A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.

A peculiar type of burn associated with electrical injury is the kissing burn which occurs at the flexor creases as the electric current arcs causing arc burns on both flexor surfaces. (16) Extensive underlying tissue damage is often present here where the current became concentrated in its passage.

(krÄngk) n. 1. A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft. 2. A clever turn of speech; a verbal conceit: quips and cranks. 3. A peculiar or eccentric idea or action.

Historical Examples. 1  In 1539 Benedictus noted the occurrence of hemophilia or bleeders' disease. 2  hemophilia is a peculiar disease, consisting in frequent and often uncontrollable hemorrhages. 3  An even more striking manifestation of a physical anomaly, as a family trait, is the condition known as hemophilia.

In fewer than fifty years, from 1821 to 1865, the Peculiar Institution, as Southerners called it, spread over the eastern two-fifths of the state. The rate of growth accelerated rapidly during the 1840s and 1850s. The rich soil of Texas held much of the future of slavery, and Texans knew it.

Sometimes the two minerals are intergrown in a peculiar way, the quartz appearing like letters set in the feldspar, the so-called graphic granite. Feldspar containing a certain proportion of quartz is saleable; No. 1 contains less than 5% of quartz, No. 2 up to 15% or 20%, and No. 3, still higher, but not over 30%.

- The Vizio is peculiar in that it asks what media type you want (Music, Video, Photo), but then once you select any, it presents you with the MC presented root containers. If you pick Music or Video, you get a list view, whereas Photos gives you a larger folders view. But it will only show content of the chosen type.

Unlike most every other state, a peculiar feature of. Nebraska law is that the general age of majority is. nineteen years of age. Neb. Rev. Stat. Â§ 43-2101. There are a number of important exceptions and issues. related to this rule which affect the age of majority in. particular situations.

Do you know which is the biggest cell phone carrier in the world? Posted: 31 Jan 2013, 07:13, by Ray S. Tags: Articles-Articles+ Wireless service-Wireless service+. You know, the mobile industry is full of wonderful and peculiar things.

Peacock's Plumage. A study at Duke University sought to uncover the meaning behind the peacock's so-called hoot dash display. The hoot dash is a peculiar courtship move in which a male peacock emits a loud noise, something like the honk of a clown's horn, right before copulation.

At some point, Rod Serling contributed a two-part script for episodes one and two of a Planet of the Apes TV series. His script was a peculiar mixture of an already-prepared TV series outline, a very early script written by him for the original movie, and the plot of the second movie.

Re: Zymax. Ephedrine risks: heart disease, vascular disease, seizures, strokes. You've probably heard it before, but if you haven't, check it out. I've never understood the POINT in risking heart disease in an attempt to cut your risk of heart disease, but maybe I'm just peculiar.

Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief Constitutional term of four years under great and peculiar difficulty. Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address by Lincoln, Abraham View in context. The skeleton of even the most lawless despot makes a good constitutional sovereign.

adj. oddÂ·er, oddÂ·est. 1. Deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or expected; strange or peculiar: an odd name; odd behavior. See Synonyms at strange. 2. Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination: invited 30-odd guests.

2. uncountable noun. If you describe someone's behaviour as masochism, you mean that they seem to be trying to get into a situation which causes them suffering or great difficulty. Once you have tasted life in southern California, it takes a peculiar kind of masochism to return to a British winter. masochist countable noun Anybody who enjoys this is a masochist.

The word snark first appeared in Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1874). The Snark, Carroll says, is a peculiar creature with a talent for avoiding capture. In its contemporary sense, the term is generally regarded as a portmanteau word --a blend of snide and remark.. See also:

Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  Remy de Gourmont: Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity. 2  Farnsworth Crowder: In the South of California has gathered the larges and most miscellaneous assortment of Messiahs, Sorcerers, Saints and Seers known to the history of aberrations.

The ovary is a most peculiar organ, quite unlike any other. Hopefully, you have by now become familiar with some of the general patterns of tissue organization (e.g., hollow mucosal organs such as trachea and intestine; glandular organs such as kidney, liver and pancreas; lymphoid organs such as spleen, lymph nodes and thymus, etc). But the ovary is in a category of its own.

special. 1  of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key. 2  being a particular one; particular, individual, or certain: You'd better call the special number. 3  pertaining or peculiar to a particular person, thing, instance, etc.; distinctive; unique: the special features of a plan.

the legal transformation of the empire from the perspective of Islamic law and practice, that is why we invited fellow scholars to discuss the peculiar relation-ship between laws, legality, and legitimacy in the Ottoman Empire. We hope that this volume will add to the expanding field of Ottoman socio-legal studies.

Painted World of Ariamis. This area is accessed via the giant painting on the bottom floor of the chapel in Anor Londo; the area below where you crossed the ceiling rafters. You need to have the Peculiar Doll to enter the painting - you obtain this by going back to the room you started in on your return to the Undead Asylum.

In contemporary philosophy, there are at least three prevailing ways to understand what a concept is: 1  Concepts as mental representations, where concepts are entities that exist in the brain (mental objects) 2  Concepts as abilities, where concepts are abilities peculiar to cognitive agents (mental states)

âº the joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time, or a government that is formed in this way: Government by coalition has its own peculiar set of problems. By forming a coalition, the rebels and the opposition parties defeated the government. a coalition government.

Meaning: Typical or distinctive. Context examples: heard my friend's characteristic laugh / red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn / stripes characteristic of the zebra. Similar: peculiar (characteristic of one only; distinctive or special) distinguishing; identifying (serving to distinguish or identify a species or group)

itch. 1. to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected. 2. to cause such a feeling: This shirt itches. 3.tch. n. 1. An irritating skin sensation causing a desire to scratch. 2.

01 02 03 04 05 06. That of a very active, intelligent and elegant-appearing dog, squarely built, well proportioned, moving soundly and carrying himself proudly. Properly clipped in the traditional fashion and carefully groomed, the Poodle has about him an air of distinction and dignity peculiar to himself.

an inflammation of the renal pelvis, often accompanied by symptoms such as pain and tenderness in the loins, irritability of the bladder, bloody or purulent urine, and a peculiar pain on flexion of the thigh. See also pyelonephritis.yelitis is usually caused by a microorganism such as Escherichia coli or (less often) streptococci or staphylococci, which may invade the kidneys by way of the blood.

Cappuccino in Italian means little cappuccio, which in turn means little cap. It is a milk-and-coffee drink with a peculiar topping: a milk foam obtained with steam. You might ask to add also some chocolate powder. Apart from the taste, the powder filling the foam pore gives a pleasant look to the drink.

Historical Examples. 1  These commissures are the anterior commissure, the fornix, and the corpus callosum, the two latter being peculiar to Mammalia. The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) Francis Maitland Balfour. 2  The corpus callosum is not formed till after the anterior commissure and fornix.

The question is of peculiar interest in the case of the supposed Memoirs of Ezra, because NEH. The Literature of the Old Testament George Foot Moore. After the return from Babylon the site of the sepulchre was known, as NEH. The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 1 G. T. Stokes.

Historical Examples. 1  The question is of peculiar interest in the case of the supposed Memoirs of Ezra, because NEH. 2  After the return from Babylon the site of the sepulchre was known, as NEH. 3  The extract from the Memoirs of NEHemiah breaks off with NEH.  He might easily have overlooked the fact that the Darius of NEH.

Good to the Last Drop, the Maxwell House slogan, which ran for decades, is one of the most familiar commercial slogans in American history. subject of this post is a peculiar association of Maxwell House with Theodore Teddy Roosevelt. Did you know there was a curious association between Teddy Roosevelt and Maxwell House?

funniest. 1  1a : affording light mirth and laughter : amusing His account of the war came in bits and pieces, sometimes bloody, sometimes funny. 2  2 : differing from the ordinary in a suspicious, perplexing, quaint, or eccentric way : peculiar My car has been making a funny noise.

What is the state of matter at room temperature of quartz? Quartz is quite peculiar because it changes depending on how long  it is left to stand. Over a 24 hour period, in the morning solid,  in the afternoon/early evening liquid, â¦and evening/night gas. It  also changes colour regularly and smell.

add a comment |. up vote 3 down vote. The most important role of this peculiar double helix structure of DNA is to facilitate replication....in preparation of cell division each of the 2 strands acts as a template thus facilitating precise copying of genes....in the Nature(1953), Watson & Crick also suggested that .

The Greener Grass Conspiracy, by Stephen Altrogge has created a peculiar thought for me. Specifically, I'm thinking of the film, Ratatouille. There is a scene towards the end where the fairly striking and gaunt food critic, Anton Ego, offers a great little dialogue with the maÃ®tre d:

The quality or condition of being a person. The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person. The pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person. Distinctive qualities of a person, especially those personal characteristics that make one socially appealing.

The human brain is effectively divided into the left and right hemispheres, or sides. The body is wired in a seemingly peculiar way, in that the right side of your body is wired into the left side of your brain and vise versa. These two hemispheres are connected by a structure called the corpus callosum.

The Pacific intertidal zone is a harsh but beautiful ecosystem inhabited by creatures that developed bizarre and elegant forms in order to survive. The following film takes place during low tide on a foggy summer day when the sea pulls back from the land, exposing the peculiar life below.

Minoans had a great influence on the Greek mainland as well the island of the Aegean during the Second Palace Period. During the Minoan Civilization 'tholos tombs' were built and a series of them were excavated at Knossos in the 1960's. The Mesara type of tholos is peculiar since it links to the Mycenaean tholos as they both contain a 'dromos'.

FLSA overtime pay is time and one-half the employee's regular rate of pay. Therefore, to compute FLSA overtime pay due requires knowing what the regular rate is. In most cases, this is a straightforward inquiry, but in some situations the FLSA employs some peculiar arithmetic used to determine the regular rate.

adjective, quainter, quaintest. 1. having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house. 2. strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way: a quaint sense of humor. 3. skillfully or cleverly made.

Compound Fracture â Symptoms, Treatment, and Complications. Compound fractures are not just a type of fracture, but have a completely different entity, when it comes to managing their symptoms and complications. Not only are they prone to develop several complications, but they have some peculiar symptoms, which if noted, herald the onset of a multitude of interventions by several specialist surgeons.

decidual m's (deciduous m's) decidua. Descemet's membrane the posterior lining membrane of the cornea; it is a thin hyaline membrane between the substantia propria and the endothelial layer of the cornea. diphtheritic membrane the peculiar false membrane characteristic of diphtheria, formed by coagulation necrosis.

We camped near the sea, a few miles to the westward of Cape Pasley. Of course you are familiar with the peculiar conformation of Cape Cod. Mrs. Roberts recognized the bonnet and cape with a smile of satisfaction. It was Cape Clear, and we were heading for it as straight as we could go. We went out without any accident, arriving in safety at Cape Henry.

146 Conditions peculiar to the hands. Ulnar nerve The ulnar nerve innervates the skin on. the anterior and posterior surfaces of the little fin-. ger and the ulnar side of the ring finger, the skin. over the hypothenar eminence,and a similar strip of. skin posteriorly. The ulnar nerve sometimes inner-.

a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc. 2. (in medicine, microbiology, etc.) a sample of a substance or material for examination or study: a urine specimen; a tissue specimen. 3. a particular or peculiar kind of person. Origin of specimen.

Sloth (deadly sin) Sloth is one of the seven capital sins. It is the most difficult sin to define, and to credit as sin, since it refers to a peculiar jumble of notions, dating from antiquity and including mental, spiritual, pathological, and physical states. One definition that may be given to sloth is habitual disinclination to exertion.

What is an example of a sentence using the word eccentric? When Josh's sister was using the bathroom for a long period of time, he found it to be eccentric of her. Eccentric means odd ---- According to Dictionary.com, eccentric is â¦ an adjective when it means deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd.

Not very considerate, male peacocks! A study at Duke University sought to uncover the meaning behind the peacock's so-called hoot dash display. The hoot dash is a peculiar courtship move in which a male peacock emits a loud noise, something like the honk of a clown's horn, right before copulation.

Re:Oxicams Enolic Acid. Enolic acid are a group of FANS (non steroidal antiinflammatory). They react with COX 1 as well as COX 2 (which is not a constitutive enzyme but peculiar of the inflammatory phenomenon). The key factor is that they are weak acids, extremely weaker than, say, aspirin or ibuprofen.

Historical Examples. 1  The merchant recognized it instantly by its peculiar handle. 2  Sometimes, he posed as a merchant, traveling the land with the caravans. 3  A record of merchant seamen kept by the registrar-general of seamen.  The merchant shook his head dazedly, but offered no word of protest.

No I think the sun is what that orbits around the Planets Answer Yes, moons of planets orbit around their respective planets. The Moon orbits Earth. Two peculiar asteroid-likeâ¦ moons orbit Mars. Jupiter is orbited by about 63 moons. The other gas planets all have many moons orbiting them each.

10 Cases of Spontaneous Human Combustion. Some people say that spontaneous human combustion is just a regular fire that people can't be bothered to find the cause for, that could have been avoided through basic fire safety. Others say that it's just a peculiar shift of our internal chemistry, that can happen to anyone at any time. Advertisement.

IJsselstein, Friday, 18 May 2001 (updated: Saturday, 24 April 2004) The Philippine tarsier, (Tarsius syrichta) is very peculiar small animal. In fact it is one of the smallest known primates, no larger than a adult men's hand. Mostly active at night, it lives on a diet of insects.

Calculating values of coloured cells. [1] To write your own VBA function, open [Developer] Code | Visual Basic. In the small project window select either the current spreadsheet file name or the personal.xlsb file and then Insert | Module. This is a peculiar topic but is one that has been requested by several people.

Peculiar thoracic vertebrÃ¦. [edit on Wikidata] The transverse costal facet (or transverse costal fovea) is a site where a rib forms a joint with the transverse process of a thoracic vertebra. This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Victor Bruntley is the deceased older brother of Bronwyn Bruntly. He was a male syndrigast with the peculiarity of super strength. His body is kept in a locked room upstairs in Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, near Emma Bloom's room. He was killed by a hollowgast before the beginning of the series.

crank 1. (krÄngk) n. 1. A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft. 2. A clever turn of speech; a verbal conceit: quips and cranks. 3. A peculiar or eccentric idea or action.

A whole house water softener treats all water in a home. The most common household form of water softeners are ion-exchanging resin devices. Soft water is simply water which lacks a number of dissolved minerals, such as calcium and magnesium. Hard water may have a peculiar taste to some people.

connective tissue the tissue that binds together and is the support of the various structures of the body; see also connective tissue. elastic tissue connective tissue made up of yellow elastic fibers, frequently massed into sheets. endothelial tissue peculiar connective tissue lining serous and lymph spaces.

How to enable the Dark Theme for Windows 10. Of course, nothing is permanent. If you would like to undo the change, just go into. From this area, you can let Windows auto-select an accent color based on your background again or use one of the 49 presets. Most people should be okay with the default options in Windows 10, but for those who have a real peculiar hue that they want, this trick should help you out!

temperament. the peculiar behavioral character and mental cast of an animal. temperament change. can be important in animal management or indicative of disease, e.g. vicious change in mare with ovarian adenocarcinoma, assumption of male characters in cow with ovarian tumor, disengagement in dogs with brain tumor.

Plantar fibroma develops due to excess growth of collagen tissue in the plantar fascia. The most common symptom of plantar fibromatosis is formation of firm nodes which can be felt at the bottom of foot. Pain in bottom of foot which aggravates while walking and standing is another peculiar symptom of plantar fibroma.

One of the five species belonging to the family Lamnidae, the salmon shark is a close relative of the Atlantic and Southern Pacific porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus). Together with the white shark and two species of mako shark, the salmon and porbeagle sharks share recognizable features that are peculiar to the lamnids.

In attached plants, peculiar flowering plants of Podostemonaceae (Cladopus) and mosses of Fontinaliceae (Fontinalis) become dominant and cover rock faces of cool and fast running streams. Submerged plants also attach to rock or other substrata by roots, and extend their stems and leaves into the water. Ranunculus spp.

I did not experience Get Out as a horror movie as such, but as the best damn movie I've ever seen about American slavery. Our peculiar institution was so absurd, I had already found Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained to be a more effective film at depicting its American-style perversity than Steve McQueen's stentorian 12 Years a Slave.

Example Sentences for merchant. 1  The merchant recognized it instantly by its peculiar handle. 2  Sometimes, he posed as a merchant, traveling the land with the caravans. 3  A record of merchant seamen kept by the registrar-general of seamen.  The merchant shook his head dazedly, but offered no word of protest.

If you were to take a rocketship the speed of light for 453 years, you could arrive at a peculiar planet called HAT-P-1b. Unfortunately, the surface of the planet is so unstable you wouldn't be able to step out and take a pic, so this is generally viewed as a bad way to spend 900 years of your life.

deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person. 2. Geometry. not having the same center; not concentric: used especially of two circles or spheres at least one of which contains the centers of both. 3. (of an axis, axle, etc.) not situated in the center.

Owing to the peculiar form of the shore on the Kentucky side, the land bending far out into the water, the ice had been lodged and detained in great quantities, and the narrow channel which swept round the bend was full of ice, piled one cake over another, thus forming a temporary barrier to the descending ice, which lodged, and formed a great, ...

The tracheal rings, (tracheal cartilages or C-shaped cartilaginous rings) vary from sixteen to twenty in number.he peculiar tracheal cartilages are the first and the last. The first cartilage is broader than the rest, and often divided at one end; it is connected by the cricotracheal ligament with the lower border of the cricoid cartilage, with which, or with the succeeding cartilage, it is sometimes blended.

Adirondack History: Mountain Names. Mountain Names. August 17, 1945--Origin of some of the names of the principal peaks of the Adirondacks as ascertained from an authority, is of interest. It is a matter of regret that the old Indian names of these mountains were not retained for they, almost without exception, convey some idea or association peculiar to the locality to which they relate.

Cioccolato di Modica. The Cioccolato di Modica (Chocolate of Modica, also known as cioccolata modicana) is an Italian P.A.T. specialty chocolate, typical of the municipality of Modica in Sicily, characterized by an ancient and original recipe that gives the chocolate a peculiar grainy texture and aromatic flavor.

Gyroscopes can be very perplexing objects because they move in peculiar ways and even seem to defy gravity.he Russian Mir space station used 11 gyroscopes to keep its orientation to the sun, and the Hubble Space Telescope has a batch of navigational gyros as well. Gyroscopic effects are also central to things like yo-yos and Frisbees!

Licorice Root contains a number of healthy compounds such as flavonoids, volatile oils, plant sterols, coumarins, glycosides, asparagine, chalcones, glycyrrhizic acid and anethole. Licorice Root has a peculiar sweet flavour with a faint hint of anise flavour and is sweeter than sugar (sucrose).

Rings. Rings. Neptune has five known rings. Starting near the planet and moving outward, they are named Galle, Leverrier, Lassell, Arago and Adams. The rings are thought to be relatively young and short-lived. Neptune's rings also have peculiar clumps of dust called arcs.

He had hardly returned from the marquee with the prize in his hand, when it began to be understood that Wiry Ben proposed to amuse the company, before the gentry went to dinner, with an impromptu and gratuitous performance--namely, a hornpipe, the main idea of which was doubtless borrowed; but this was to be developed by the dancer in so peculiar and complex a manner that no one could deny him the praise of originality.

It forms the pivot upon which the first cervical vertebra (the atlas), which carries the head, rotates. The most distinctive characteristic of this bone is the strong odontoid process known as the dens which rises perpendicularly from the upper surface of the body. That peculiar feature gives to the vertebra a rarely used third name: vertebra dentata.

Buy JPG Image Â». The story of the name Schanke begins with a family in the Boernician tribe of the ancient Scottish-English border region. Schanke is a name for a person with long legs, or a peculiar manner of gait. Schanke is a nickname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames.

Fenugreek Seeds. Fenugreek is effective for lowering postprandial (after meals) blood sugar. Fenugreek seeds contain a peculiar amino acid not found in any mammal tissues, 4-hydroxyisoleucine, which is believed to boost insulin production by stimulation of the beta cells of the pancreas, which secretes insulin.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Neutralize(verb) to render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. 2  Neutralize(verb) to render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base.

Hotaru has lilac-colored hair that goes to her shoulders, accessorized with a flowered black headband. She has red coloured nail polish on her nails. She also has peculiar blue eyes. Her wardrobe usually includes a white blouse with a red bowtie, a black skirt, black pantyhose, and heels.

The peculiar combination of these circumstances and the severity and areal coverage of the event played a part in making the 1930s drought the widely accepted drought of record for the United States. To cope with and recover from the drought, people relied on ingenuity and resilience, as well as relief programs from state and federal governments.

This piece contains mild spoilers for Jurassic World, Mad Max: Fury Road and Terminator: Genisys. If the sequel was a late 20th century phenomenon, ushered into being thanks to the likes of James Bond, The Godfather and Planet Of The Apes, then the soft reboot is a peculiar product of the 21st.

A man took the bus home from the graveyard shift, bone-tired but dreaming big dreams for his son. Another time as the graveyard shift came to the surface the men noticed a peculiar wavering light in the sky. Not once had she hesitated or turned from the beaten trail, but she had gone down after the graveyard shift.

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Mucin(n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Any of a class of high molecular weight glycoproteins which are contained in mucus, and give to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. They are found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons.

Cellulose: The major component in the rigid cell walls in plants is cellulose. Cellulose is a linear polysaccharide polymer with many glucose monosaccharide units. The acetal linkage is beta which makes it different from starch. This peculiar difference in acetal linkages results in a major difference in digestibility in humans.

While in some spots the lake reaches a depth of 400 feet, extending 150 yards or more from the shore much of the lake is only 12 to 14 feet deep. A characteristic trait of long, narrow lakes with deep channels is the seiche. Both Loch Ness and Lake Champlain are endowed with this peculiar feature.

Here in New Zealand, which has been metric for 30 years, young adults use a peculiar mix of units, going from centimetres to feet to metres and from grammes to kilogrammes to stone. They even talk about 600 millilitre pint bottles. The same will almost certainly happen in the UK. James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Answer Wiki. The Senate is rather peculiar because it has special roles that the House of Representatives doesn't have. First, it has exactly two members per state, no matter how many people live in that state. This was a compromise set up during the Constitutional Convention -- the small states were afraid that they would lose all their voting power if Congress only had one house based on population.

Leviticus 11 Told Us not to Eat Pork. A quick excuse people use when confronted with God's word is to claim the only reason the Jews were told not to eat pork was so they would be a peculiar people or so they would be a holy people. They claim it was for ceremony and not righteous living. Actually, God's standard is for all people and not just the Jews.

Tailor's tendinitis: Twenties male with groin pain radiating to behind the knees describes an injury peculiar to tailors who use a trundle foot pedal to drive the sewing machine. Repetitive stress doing certain muscle building physical culture exercises could initiate. See a physical therapist or Osteopath to discern.

Best Answer: Off The Wall means unacceptable due to theme, content, method of expression or design elements ...off the wall. bizarrely unusual. off the wall (adj, bizarre) strange, curious, inexplicable, out of the ordinary, unusual, weird, peculiar, odd, uncanny, wacky, fantastic, off the wall.

Growing Mimosa. Mimosa grows best in full sun locations and is not peculiar to any particular soil type. It does have a low tolerance for salt and grows well in acid or alkaline soil. Mimosa is drought tolerant but will have a deeper green color and more lush appearance when given adequate moisture.

Concise: The microscope revealed a group of peculiar, round organisms. (9 words). Tell the OWL You're Requesting Copies of This Resource Tell the OWL You're Linking to This Resource. Copyright Â©1995-2015 by The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University.

Bitter(noun) aA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. Bitter(verb) having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes. Bitter(verb) causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.

Then there came a supplemental clause as to the peculiar care of the animal. Confessions Of Con Cregan Charles James Lever Six volumes of supplemental Nights were issued by Burton between 1886 and 1888. The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan It was I who had overlooked Mr. Collier's supplemental note.

Abstract. Heterotopic gastric mucosa of peculiar shape and located in the duodenum bore a close resemblance to superficial ulcerating cancer. Radiographic survey showed a flexible lesion with a mucosal pattern resembling area gastrica. Endoscopy revealed its color to be indistinguishable from that of the normal duodenal mucosa.

Science and mathematics [edit]. 1  Transgression map in cohomology. 2  Transgression (geology) , a relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. 3  Transgression (genetics) , a peculiar case of heterosis, showing extreme phenotypes in a hybrid offspring.

The creative team behind the new My lai project is working out the details for set design. lai last saw Knox a few days ago, she said, at a Vietnamese sandwich shop a couple of blocks from the Hong Kong building. Britanny contributed the wonderfully suggestive Arthurian legends, and the peculiar music and style of the lai.

While crossing, I saw numerous whales belonging to the three kinds peculiar to the southern seas; the whale, or the English right whale, which has no dorsal fin; the humpback, with reeved chest and large, whitish fins, which, in spite of its name, do not form wings; and the fin-back, of a yellowish brown, the liveliest of all the cetacea.

A sigh of relief came from Miss Cheyne's lips and she met the peculiar look of her servant with one equally significant. The Riddle of the Purple Emperor Mary E. Hanshew and Thomas W. Hanshew. Then the harmonies drowned it again, and Hetty looked at Cheyne. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Harold Bindloss.

Astronauts who have gone on spacewalks consistently speak of space's extraordinarily peculiar odor. They can't smell it while they're actually bobbing in it, because the interiors of their space suits just smell plastic-y. But upon stepping back into the space station and removing their helmets, they get a strong, distinctive whiff of the final frontier.

The earliest definition of hypnosis was given by Braid, who coined the term hypnotism as an abbreviation for neuro-hypnotism, or nervous sleep, which he contrasted with normal sleep, and defined as: a peculiar condition of the nervous system, induced by a fixed and abstracted attention of the mental and visual eye, on one object, not of an exciting nature.

unwonted. adjective unusual, rare, extraordinary, unexpected, peculiar, unfamiliar, uncommon, singular, unheard-of, out of the ordinary, infrequent, unaccustomed, atypical, seldom seen, uncustomary He replied with unwonted irritation. unwonted adjective. Not usual or ordinary: atypic, atypical, novel, unconventional, unordinary, unusual. Slang: offbeat.

The Boomerang Nebula is one of the Universe's peculiar places. In 1995, using the 15-metre Swedish ESO Submillimetre Telescope in Chile, astronomers Sahai and Nyman revealed that it is the coldest place in the Universe found so far. With a temperature of -272Â°C, it is only one degree warmer than absolute zero (the lowest limit for all temperatures).

Grand Mal - Primary Generalized, Tonic-Clonic Seizures. 1  The true generalized seizure is characterized by sudden loss of consciousness, usually without warning. 2  At onset there is usually a general stiffening of the body, often with forceful expiration of air (and a peculiar sound as this air passes through the throat).

The common name comes from the peculiar appearance of the hairs on the legs being curled back. This is a very docile species commonly kept as a pet. Curly Hairs are dark brown with a profusion of pinkish-orange hairs covering the abdomen and legs. Its natural habitat is the rainforests where the humidity is 80% RH.

jarÂ·gon. n. 1. The specialized language of a trade, profession, or similar group, especially when viewed as difficult to understand by outsiders: a crime novel that uses a lot of police jargon. 2.. the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Essay. Essay on The Jilting of Granny Weatherall. The very well known writer, Katherine Anne Porter, show us a very peculiar character in one of her most famous short stories called: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall. This narrative will have a profound and powerful effect on the intelligence, imagination and feelings of any student.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures.

Video games are welcome at the table of popular art, alongside movies, music, and television. Home consoles get a lot of attention, but portable gaming has done the heavy lifting when it comes to expanding the reach and acceptance of the medium. The road to ubiquity began with the peculiar rise of the Game Boy.

It's particularly popular among individuals on a paleo diet. I know a few people who love it, and swear by it. One peculiar ingredient in 'bulletproof coffee' is MCT oil, a common supplement that claims to be all-naturally from compressed oils of palms and coconut. Just like butter, it touts itself as being fuel that helps energize your body and jumpstart your metabolism.

In conclusion, economic gain should not be the overriding factor in selecting a career... Research On Only Children And Their Parents' Pressure To Choose a Career. frustrated, dissatisfied with their career and marriage and even grow a ...My child will only choose that profession which I will tell to choose.hoosing a career is very important thus, one must be peculiar and meticulous in deciding it because the career that you will be choosing... Choosing a Career. people around me.

Gould set aside his paying work and at the next meeting, on 10 January, reported that the birds from the GalÃ¡pagos Islands that Darwin had thought were blackbirds, gross-beaks and finches were actually a series of ground Finches which are so peculiar [as to form] an entirely new group, containing 12 species.

Definition of specialty. plural. specialties. 1 : a distinctive mark or quality. 2a : a special object or class of objects: such as (1) : a legal agreement embodied in a sealed instrument (2) : a product of a special kind or of special excellence fried chicken is my specialtyb : the state of being special, distinctive, or peculiar.