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  2. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  3. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    A synonym of catkin. amphitropous (of an ovule) Bent so that both ends are near each other. Contrast anatropous, campylotropous, and orthotropous. amplexicaul With the base dilated and clasping the stem, usually of leaves. amylum star a vegetative propagative body filled with starch (amylum) and located around the lower nodes of certain ...

  4. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language , the words begin , start , commence , and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous .

  5. Truth behind the Donald Trump quote from 1998 that's rapidly ...

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    Credit: The Other 98%. In the quote, Trump calls voters the "dumbest group of voters in the country." He continued, saying that they'd believe anything Fox broadcasts.

  6. Topographic prominence - Wikipedia

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    Contrast between topographic isolation and prominence. In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it.

  7. List of generic and genericized trademarks - Wikipedia

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    One example of this was when it was used prominently in the 2001 film The Fast and the Furious: Nestlé: Chocolate bar: Nestlé: Commonly used term for chocolate bars in Iraq, pronounced [162] Odol Toothpaste: Haleon: Commonly used term for toothpaste in Indonesia. Onesies: Infant/Adult bodysuit (babygro) Gerber Childrenswear

  8. Between Scylla and Charybdis - Wikipedia

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    Henry Fuseli's painting of Odysseus facing the choice between Scylla and Charybdis, 1794–1796. Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, which has been associated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser of two evils". [1]

  9. Prominence (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Prominence (phonetics), stress given to a certain syllable in a word, or to a word in a sentence; Prominence, a science fiction point and click adventure game; Maxillary prominence, part of the face; Solar prominence, a large plasma and magnetic field structure in the Sun's atmosphere "Prominent" (song), a song by Bonez MC and RAF Camora