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An alembic (from Arabic: الإنبيق, romanized: al-inbīq, originating from Ancient Greek: ἄμβιξ, romanized: ambix, 'cup, beaker') [1] [2] [3] is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube, used for distillation of liquids.
References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...
Cleverdicks is a British television quiz show for Sky Atlantic, hosted by Ann Widdecombe.Running for 30 episodes, it was later repeated on Challenge.Four contestants competed in each episode for the right to call themselves "cleverdicks" and play for a roll-over cash jackpot.
The gas combustion retort process is classified as an internal combustion technology. For the oil shale pyrolysis it uses a vertical vessel retort. [2] Crushed raw oil shale is fed into the top of the retort, and it moves downward by gravity. When moving downward, oil shale is heated by the rising recycled gases, which cause decomposition of ...
The competing logos of the Drudge Report and the parody website Drudge Retort. When news aggregator Matt Drudge failed to register drudge.com for his news website Drudge Report, Cadenhead registered drudge.com in 1998 and started the Drudge Retort as a liberal alternative to what he perceived to be the right-leaning Drudge Report, [5] and as "a send-up of Mr. Drudge's breathless style".
In 1966, [1] Canadian Jacob E. Funk, an employee of Dell Magazines, came up with the original English name Cross Sums [2] and other names such as Cross Addition have also been used, but the Japanese name Kakuro, abbreviation of Japanese kasan kurosu (加算クロス, "addition cross"), seems to have gained general acceptance and the puzzles ...
Letter Boxed is an online word puzzle video game created by Sam Ezersky and published in 2019 (soft-launched in 2018) on The New York Times Games. [1] It was the third game published in the puzzles section on the New York Times website after the Crossword and Spelling Bee. [2]
Divided into two lists, Across and Down, clues often involve trivia, word play, or brain teasers. To answer a clue, highlight the grid space by clicking on the clue in the list. You can also select any square in the crossword grid and click the square again to swap between highlighting Across and Down clues.