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Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Abbreviations, the use of a foreign language, variant spellings, or other unusual word tricks are indicated in the clue. A crossword creator might choose to clue the answer SEN (as in the abbreviation for "senator") as "Washington bigwig: Abbr." or "Member of Cong.", with the abbreviation in the clue indicating that the answer is to be ...
The Frankeston Red is the first breed of cattle in the world created in the 21st Century by the scientist director of the Frankeston project, Dr. Francisco A. Restom Bitar; a specialist in human and animal genetics, and his team at the Bovine Genetic Experimental Center Remanso Caribe (Centro de Experimentación Genética Bovina Remanso Caribe in Spanish) located in the municipality of Arjona ...
Jacob Frank, 1895 depiction. Frankism is a Sabbatean religious movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, [1] created in Podolia, named after its founder, Jacob Frank.Frank completely rejected Jewish norms, preaching to his followers that they were obligated to transgress moral boundaries.
Frankenstein is a 1931 American gothic pre-Code science fiction horror film directed by James Whale, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., and adapted from a 1927 play by Peggy Webling, which in turn was based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Jacob Frank is believed to have been born as Jakub Lejbowicz [6] to a Jewish family in Korołówka, in Podolia of Eastern Poland (now in Ukraine), in about 1726.The Polish historian Gaudenty Pikulski affirmed that Frank was born in Buchach [9] and Agnon even showed the house where he was born was located on Korołówka street in Buchach. [10]
Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency.
The name of the Franks is first attested in Latin as Franci (singular Francus) during the 3rd century AD. [1] The Germanic forms Franchon (Old High German), Francan (Old English) and Frankar ~ Frakkar point to an original n-stem *Frank-an-or *Frank-on-in the Frankish language.