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For example, "U-shape" is a shape that resembles the letter U, a bell-shaped curve has the shape of the vertical cross section of a bell, etc. These terms may variously refer to objects, their cross sections or projections .
A representation of a Clurichaun in T. C. Croker's Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland. Cabeiri – Smith and wine spirit; Cacus – Fire-breathing giant; Cadejo (Central America) – Cow-sized dog-goat hybrid; Cailleach – Divine creator and weather deity hag; Caipora – Fox-human hybrid and nature spirit
Urmahlullu relief from a bathroom in the palace of Assurbanipal in Ninevah. Ubume – Ghosts of women who died in childbirth; Uchek Langmeidong (Meitei mythology) – Semi human, semi hornbill creature
A keychain containing a four-leaf clover. A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck.Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make.
Pierces the air pocket of an eggshell with a small needle to keep the shell from cracking during hard-boiling. If both ends of the shell are pierced, the egg can be blown out while preserving the shell (for crafts). Egg poacher: Holds a raw egg, and is placed inside a pot of boiling water to poach an egg. Egg separator
List of NGC objects. List of NGC objects (1–1000) List of NGC objects (1001–2000) List of NGC objects (2001–3000) List of NGC objects (3001–4000) List of NGC objects (4001–5000) List of NGC objects (5001–6000) List of NGC objects (6001–7000) List of NGC objects (7001–7840) List of IC objects; List of Messier objects; List of ...
"This end up": a horizontal line with two arrows pointing up ... C. Caduceus, a symbol of commerce, often erroneously used as a symbol of medicine.
For instance, for a large portion of names ending in -s, the oblique stem and therefore the English adjective changes the -s to a -d, -t, or -r, as in Mars–Martian, Pallas–Palladian and Ceres–Cererian; [note 1] occasionally an -n has been lost historically from the nominative form, and reappears in the oblique and therefore in the English ...