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  2. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    binnacle list A ship's sick list. The list of men unable to report for duty was given to the officer or mate of the watch by the ship's surgeon. The list was kept at the binnacle. bird farm United States Navy slang for an aircraft carrier. bite Verb used in reference to a rudder, as in "the rudder begins to bite". When a vessel has steerageway ...

  3. List of placeholder names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of placeholder names (words that can refer to things, persons, places, numbers and other concepts whose names are temporarily forgotten, irrelevant, unknown or being deliberately withheld in the context in which they are being discussed) in various languages.

  4. 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.

  5. Treacherous - Wikipedia

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    Treacherous may refer to: The Treacherous, a 2015 Korean film; Treacherous, a 1993 film starring Tia Carrere and Adam Baldwin "Treacherous", a song from the 1988 ...

  6. Treacherous (Taylor Swift song) - Wikipedia

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    "Treacherous" peaked at number two on the United States's Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 and number 65 on the Canadian Hot 100. Swift included the song on the set list of the Red Tour (2013–2014) and performed it on select dates of the Reputation Stadium Tour (2018) and the Eras Tour (2023–2024). Music critics selected it as an album ...

  7. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] 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 ...

  8. Treachery - Wikipedia

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    Treachery is the betrayal or violation of trust. It may refer to: Treachery (law), an offence in several countries, related to treason Treachery (), the eighth episode of the American television series Revenge

  9. Information hazard - Wikipedia

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    It challenges the principle of freedom of information, as it states that some types of information are too dangerous, as people could either be harmed by it or use it to harm others. [2] This is sometimes why information is classified based on its sensitivity. One example would be instructions for creating a thermonuclear weapon. [2]