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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.
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.
L'esprit de l'escalier or l'esprit d'escalier (UK: / l ɛ ˌ s p r iː d (ə l) ɛ ˈ s k æ l j eɪ /, US: / l ɛ ˌ s p r iː d (ə ˌ l) ɛ s k ə ˈ l j eɪ /, [1] French: [lɛspʁi d(ə l)ɛskalje]; lit. ' staircase wit ') is a French term used in English for the predicament of thinking of the perfect reply too late.
A retort is a reactor that has the ability to pyrolyze pile-wood, or wood logs over 30 centimetres (12 in) long and up to 18 centimetres (7.1 in) in diameter. [ 4 ] See also
the usual weights assigned to the bit positions are 0-1-2-3-6. However, in this scheme, zero is encoded as binary 01100; strictly speaking the 0-1-2-3-6 previously claimed is just a mnemonic device. [2] The weights give a unique encoding for most digits, but allow two encodings for 3: 0+3 or 10010 and 1+2 or 01100.
The game is played with a standard pack of 52 cards. The cards are ranked in the usual order, from aces, kings, queens etc. down to twos. As a special case, the off-Pedro, i.e. the non-trump five which is of the same color as trumps, is for all purposes considered to be a member of the trump suit ranking between the Pedro (five of trumps) and the four of trumps.
Retort is a community of about forty writers, teachers, artists, and activists, all self-styled opponents of capital and empire, which has been based for the past two decades in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] [2] Retort is a gathering of antinomians. It is not a typical collective; there is no explicit program. Retort is a motley crew ...
Charles P. Clever (1830–1874), American politician; Edith Clever (born 1940), German actress; Todd Clever (born 1983), American rugby union player; Willy Clever (1905–1969), German actor and screenwriter