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Blood loop knot ( dropper loop) – forms a loop which is off to the side of the line. Boa knot – binding knot. Boom hitch – attach a line to a fixed object like a pipe. Bottle sling (jug sling) – used to create a handle for a container with a narrow tapering neck. Bourchier knot – a variety of heraldic knot.
William Golding. The 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the British author William Golding "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today". [1]
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...
French-, Spanish-, or Latin-language answers, and more rarely answers from other languages are indicated either by a tag in the clue giving the answer language (e.g., [Summer: Fr.] for ETE) or by the use in the clue of a word from that language, often a personal or place name (e.g. [Friends of Pierre] for AMIS or [The ocean, e.g., in Orleans ...
Transduction is the process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell by a virus or viral vector. [ 1] An example is the viral transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another and hence an example of horizontal gene transfer. [ 2] Transduction does not require physical contact between the cell donating the DNA and the cell receiving the DNA ...
Allotransplantation. Allotransplant ( allo- meaning "other" in Greek) is the transplantation of cells, tissues, or organs to a recipient from a genetically non-identical donor of the same species. [ 1] The transplant is called an allograft, allogeneic transplant, or homograft. Most human tissue and organ transplants are allografts.
Thanks to Meghan Markle's on-screen father, we now know how the actress referred to her boyfriend Prince Harry while on the 'Suits' set.