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  2. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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    Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start and/or end with vowels, abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual combinations of ...

  3. Ratatoskr - Wikipedia

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    The name Ratatoskr contains two elements: rata-and -toskr. The element toskr is generally held to mean "tusk". Guðbrandur Vigfússon theorized that the rati-element means "the traveller". He says that the name of the legendary drill Rati may feature the same term. According to Vigfússon, Ratatoskr means "tusk the traveller" or "the climber ...

  4. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. The American Night - Wikipedia

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    The American Night is a follow-up and second volume to Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison (first published in 1988). [2] The book consists of his theories on night which the publisher describes as containing " nightmarish images, bold associative leaps, and [a] volcanic power of emotion " and being " the unmistakable artifacts of a ...

  6. Cockatrice - Wikipedia

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    The third chapter of the Japanese manga series Delicious in Dungeon (2014) and the second episode of the anime adaptation (2024) feature the party killing and cooking a cockatrice. The cockatrice cannot kill with a stare, but instead has a powerful venom, the antidote to which can be found by eating the meat of the creature.

  7. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Acrostic: a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, name, or phrase when read vertically. Example: “A Boat beneath a Sunny Sky” by Lewis Carroll. Concrete (aka pattern): a written poem or verse whose lines are arranged as a shape/visual image, usually of the topic. Slam; Sound; Spoken-word; Verbless poetry: a poem ...

  8. Read the Transcript of Trump's Person of the Year Interview - AOL

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    Credit - Photograph by Platon for TIME. P resident-elect Donald Trump, TIME’s 2024 Person of the Year, sat down for a wide-ranging interview at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov ...

  9. Eunoia (book) - Wikipedia

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    The text must include as many words as possible. The postscript of the book says that each chapter uses at least 98% of the available words. [7] The text must avoid repeating words as much as possible. [7] The letter "Y" is unused. [7] The chapters are dedicated to Hans Arp, René Crevel, Dick Higgins, Yoko Ono, and Zhu Yu, respectively.