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Older name for the endosperm of flowering plants. Except for being a storage tissue for nutrients, it is not like the albumen of animal embryos. albuminous (of seed s) Containing endosperm.-ales Suffix added to the stem of a generic name or descriptive name to form the name of a taxonomic order. alien
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
An epithet (from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional'), [1] also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing.
Descriptive names above the rank of family are governed by Article 16 [1] of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN), which rules that a name above the rank of family may either be ‘automatically typified’ (such as Magnoliophyta and Magnoliopsida from the type genus Magnolia) or be descriptive.
In Disney's 1964 film Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke played Mr. Dawes Sr. as the anagram of his name, Navckid Keyd. In the credits, the words unscrambled themselves to reveal his name. The title of King Crimson's 1982 song Thela Hun Ginjeet is an anagram of "heat in the jungle".
This year’s fleet includes Mr. Snow-it-all, Salt Shaker, Carrie Bradthaw, Sled Zepplin, Icetalavista Baby, Brine Freeze, to name just a few. Municipalities across the United States have adopted ...
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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 ...