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  2. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic ...

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    This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...

  3. Vivacious - Wikipedia

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    Search for Vivacious in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Vivacious article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .

  4. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Unattractive man [6] alarm clock Chaperone [6] alderman Man's pot-belly or simply a prominent belly of a man; see bay window [8] alibi Box of flowers or candy [6] alibi Ike One who excuses all his faults [4] all in Exhausted [4] all to the good Everything is all right [9] all to the good, the mustard, etc Excellent [4] all wet Erroneous idea or ...

  5. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    Lying against another part of the plant; when applied to a cotyledon, it means that an edge of the cotyledon lies along the folded radicle in the seed. [8]-aceae Suffix added to the word stem of a generic name to form the name of a taxonomic family; [9] for example, Rosaceae is the rose family, of which the type genus is Rosa. [10] achene

  6. Manolis Anagnostakis - Wikipedia

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    Manolis Anagnostakis (Greek: Μανόλης Αναγνωστάκης; 10 March 1925 – 23 June 2005) was a Greek poet and critic at the forefront of the Marxist and existentialist poetry movements arising during and after the Greek Civil War in the late 1940s.

  7. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    Dirty old man: [16] [17] [18] An old pervert, specifically referring to older men who make unwanted sexual advances or remarks, or who often engage in sex-related activities. The term suggests that it is inappropriate and unnatural for older men to be sexually active. The term, other than being ageist, has misandrist connotations in the West.

  8. Vironians - Wikipedia

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    The name Viru probably has Finnic roots (e.g., Finnish language vireä means "vivacious", "lively"). According to an alternative hypothesis the word Viru may have originated from Baltic languages with the meaning 'man' (cf. English word virile).

  9. Thumos - Wikipedia

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    Thumos was a permanent possession of living man, to which his thinking and feeling belonged. When a Homeric hero is under emotional stress, he may externalize his thumos and converse with or scold it. [ 2 ]