Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An abbreviation of the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר Eleazar or אֱלִיעֶזֶר Eliezer meaning 'God has helped' [1] which first appeared in Jewish Aramaic (see Lazarus and Eleazar ben Shammua.) As a forename, it is more common in Slavic countries. [2] As a surname, however, it is more common in Hungary and Romania. [3]
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with C in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
In another notable Times crossword, 27-year-old Bill Gottlieb proposed to his girlfriend, Emily Mindel, via the crossword puzzle of January 7, 1998, written by noted crossword constructor Bob Klahn. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] The answer to 14-Across, [Microsoft chief, to some] was BILLG, also Gottlieb's name and last initial. 20-Across, [1729 Jonathan Swift ...
Ro Allen (fl. from 2015), Australian LGBTIQ advocate; RoAnn Destito (Ro Ann Maggiolino Destito, born 1956), American politician; Ro Haber (fl. from 2013), American transgender writer and director
The following is a list of Major League Baseball players, retired or active. As of the end of the 2011 season , there have been 1,378 players with a last name that begins with C who have been on a major league roster at some point.
Ransom or Ransome is an English surname, also found in some trade names and military company names; it might derive either from the noun "ransom" or from contraction of "Ranulf's son".